- scape painter; pupil of Copenhagen Academy;
visited Portugal in 1839, Rome in 1847-50 and 1857-61. Member of Copenhagen Academy, and Order of Danebrog in 1874. Works: View on Ise Fjord (1835); Views near Frederiksvaerk and Roskilde, do. on Coast of Oresund; Landscapes on Duero River; do. on the Rhine; Views in Switzerland; Temple of Vesta at Tivoli (1851); Villa Poniatowsky outside Porta del Popolo; Italian Landscapes; Views in Denmark.—Sigurd Müller, 53; Weilbach, 81.
BRENNER, ADAM, born in Vienna,
Dec. 21, 1800. German school; history
painter; pupil of Vienna Academy; painted
at first still-life and genre; studied in Munich
about 1844, after the great modern
masters of Germany. Works: Tinker frightening
Child, Dead Game (1833), Burial of
St. Stephen (1835), Vienna Museum; Rescue
of Ferdinand II. by the Dampierre
Cuirassiers; Raising of Siege of Belgrade.—Würzbach,
ii. 132.
BRESCIA, ALTARPIECE OF, Titian,
SS. Nazaro e Celso, Brescia; wood, five panels,
figures life-size; signed and dated
1522. Middle panel, the Resurrection; at
sides, St. Sebastian, Averoldo with patron
saints, and the Annunciation in two panels.
The St. Sebastian is best preserved; other
panels injured by repainting. Painted for
the Papal Legate Altobello Averoldo, and
placed on the high altar of SS. Nazaro e
Celso, but now between two windows of the
choir.—C. & C., Titian, i. 236, 247; Burckhardt,
717; Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne.
BRESSANO, VINCENZO. See Civerchio,
Vincenzo.
BREST, GERMAIN FABIUS, born in
Marseilles, July 31, 1823. Landscape and
architecture painter; pupil of Loubon and of
Troyon; has travelled extensively in Turkey
and Asia. Works: Turkish Coffee-House
in Constantinople (1857); Walls of Constantinople
(1857); Banks of the Bosporus
(1861), Luxembourg Museum; Caravansary
in Trapezunt (1864); Ceremony of Kissing
the Hand in Constantinople, Grand Canal
in Venice (1866); Ponte Rialto in Venice,
Interior of Pastry-Bakery (1867); Fisheries
on the Bosporus (1868); Mosque in Trapezunt
(1870); Khan of the Sultana Valide at
Constantinople (1872); Bridge of Sighs
(1874); St. John's Church at Beauvais (1877);
Entrance to the Bosporus, The Platane of
Godfrey de Bouillon (1878).—Müller, 76;
Vapereau (1880), 299.
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BRÉTON, ÉMILE ADELARD, born at
Courrières; contemporary.
Landscape
painter;
brother and pupil
of Jules Bréton.
Medals:
1866, 1867, 1868;
1st class (1878);
Philadelphia
(1876); Vienna
(1873); L. of Honour
(1878); Order of Leopold. Studio
at Courrières. Works: Morning Light,
Sunset, Autumn (1861); Twilight in Autumn,
Gust of Wind (1863); Summer Evening,
Twilight (1865); A Pond (1866);
Spring, Snow (1868); Sunset, Entrance of a
Village (1869); Night, Brook of Orchiman
(1870); Winter Morning, Winter Evening
(1872); Sunset after Storm, Sunday Morning
in Winter (1873); Autumn, Twilight,
Winter's Night (1874); Courrières Canal,
Artois Village in Winter, Shepherd's Star
(1875); Winter, Marine View (1876); Summer
Morning (1877); Winter, A Church (1879);
Sunset at Sea before Storm, Snow in Artois
(1880); The old Willows, Frost in Artois
(1881); Summer Evening, Winter Evening
(1882); Moonlight in Winter, Sunset in Autumn
(1883); Mill—Artois (1884); Fall of the
Leaves, Evening after the Tempest (1885).
Works in the United States: Village of Artois
in Winter, Snow Scene in Holland,
C. Crocker, San Francisco; Moonlight after
Rain, J. G. Fell, Philadelphia; Stream between
the Hills, H. R. Bishop, New York.—Vapereau
(1880), 300.
