Arenberg Gallery, Brussels.—De Stuers, 115; Burger, Musées, ii. 215.
BORGOGNONE, AMBROGIO, born in
Milan, about 1440-50, flourished from 1485
to 1523, some say until 1535; but probably
died at Milan, in 1523. Lombardo-Milanese
school; real name Ambrogio Stefani da Fossano;
perhaps pupil of Vincenzo Foppa and
of Bernardino Zenale. First manner timid
and stiff, and never gained much freedom;
painted in tempera and then in oil in the
method of tempera; flat surface in flesh and
drapery, and petty detail in landscape distances.
His best work is in the Certosa, Pavia.
Used much gilding in his early pictures, as in
Madonna and Saints, Ambrosian Library,
Milan; do., collection of Count Borromeo,
Milan; and a triptych in the National Gallery,
London, where are also his Marriage
of St. Catherine and two family portrait
pieces. The second style of Borgognone
shows the influence of Leonardo da Vinci.
Examples of it are the remains of frescos at
S. Satiro, Milan (1494-95); a series of small
panels at Lodi; Coronation of the Virgin, in
choir, and scenes from the legend of S. Sisinius,
in portico, of S. Simpliciano, Milan
(1524); Christ after his Resurrection and
Christ disputing with a Doctor, S. Ambrogio;
a ceiling in the sacristy of S. M. della
Passione; Madonna with Saints (1485), S.
Eustorgio, Milan. In the Certosa, Pavia,
are the frescos of the apses, and a Crucifixion
(1490); St. Ambrose and Martyrs; St.
Sirus in Majesty with Saints; St. Augustin,
and many other works completed before
1494. Other works are: An altarpiece
(1508), S. Spirito, Bergamo; Assumption
(1522), Brera, Milan; Madonna in Adoration,
Munich Gallery; do., Dresden Gallery.—Calvi,
Dei Professori, etc., 245; Rio,
Art Chrétien, iii. 184; C. & C., N. Italy, ii.
41; Ch. Blanc, École milanaise; Morelli
(Richter), 419; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., i.
495.
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BORGONA, JUAN DE, died in Toledo, about 1533. Spanish school; enjoyed the patronage of Archbishop Ximenes; painted in 1495-99 in the cloisters of the Cathedral of Toledo works now destroyed, and in 1508-11 frescos in the winter chapter room at Toledo, among which were a Nativity of the Virgin and a Last Judgment. In 1514 he painted the Conquest of Oran on the walls of the Muzarabic Chapel, and in 1519 adorned with frescos the Cathedral Library. He also painted portraits of all the Spanish Primates down to Cardinal de Fonseca.—Stirling, i. 93.
BORJESSON, AGNES, born in Sweden,
May 1, 1827. Genre painter; pupil of Boklund;
studied then in Paris, and from 1860
in Düsseldorf under W. Sohn; travelled
afterwards in Italy. Since 1872 member of
the Stockholm Academy. Works: Old
Reminiscences, Stockholm Museum; Departure
of the Bridal Pair.
BORRACHOS, LOS (The Topers), or
Bacchus, Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas,
H. 5 ft. 5 in. × 7 ft. 3 in. Bacchus, half
nude, crowned with vine leaves, sits on a
cask and smiles as he places a crown of
leaves on head of a soldier kneeling before
him; on left, a peasant seated, and another
reclining on bank with a cup in hand; on
right, five jovial peasants looking on; back-*ground,
landscape. Painted about 1629 for
Philip IV. Old copy in Naples Museum.
Sketches: Lord Heytesbury, Wilts; Robert
S. Holford, London. Several etchings and
lithographs.—Ch. Blanc, École espagnole;
Art Journal (1852); Gaz. des B. Arts (1879),
421: Klass. der Malerei; Curtis, 17; Madrazo,
596.
BORRAS, Fray NICHOLAS, born at Cocentayna,
in 1530, died at Gandia, in 1610.
Spanish school; pupil of Vicente Joanes;
became, in 1575, a monk in the Jeronymite
convent at Gandia, where he gave most of
