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do. (1), Peterhof; St. Paul in the Desert, Boar Hunt, Triumph of Psyche, and others, Uffizi, Florence; Christ on Calvary, Diana and Callisto, three others, Palazzo Doria, Rome; Baptism of Christ, St. Cecilia, Naples Museum. Others in Milan, Mentz, and Stockholm.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, iii. 56; Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Fétis, Les Artistes belges à l'étranger, i. 143; Michiels, vi. 156; Rooses (Reber), 117.


BRILLOUIN, LOUIS GEORGES, born at St. Jean d'Angely, April 22, 1817. Figure painter; pupil of Drölling, and of Cabat. Medals in 1865, 1869, and 1874. Works: Rubens' Studio, Characters from Victor Hugo's Poems (1847); Sermon in Provence, Visit of the Amateurs, Profession of Arms (1857); Rembrandt in his Studio, Messire Josué's Pew in Church, Amateurs visiting, Page amusing Himself (1859); Artist in Camp, W. H. Vanderbilt, New York; Musical Party (1861); Medicine, Meditation, Backgammon (1863); Playing Games, The Huntsman (1865); The Outpost, Officers making a Reconnoissance, The Gazette, The Host's Portrait, The Patrol (1867); Lantara's Quota, Callot in his Youth (1868); Letter of Recommendation, Book Peddler, Bibliomaniac, Man-at-Arms (1869); The Prince's Education, The Equipment (1870); Rural Scene, A Captain (1872); Gossip (1873); George Dandin's Wedding, Lindor Moor and the Marsh (1874); Old Papers, Old Pipe, Mandolinata (1875); Profession of the Younger Son, Antechamber (1876); Hunting for Recruits, Bouquet to Chloe (1877); Morning on the Meadows, Storm and Rain in the Marshes (1879); Peasants Resting, Singing Songs (1880); Family of a Condemned Man waiting for last Farewell (1881); Woods of Bourboule, Evening on the Plain of Saintonge (1882); His Highness in the Trenches, The Commune of Piépouzin (1883).—Vapereau (1880), 305.



BRION, GUSTAVE, born at Rothau, Alsace, Oct. 24, 1824, died in Paris, Nov. 4, 1877. Genre painter, pupil of Gabriel Guérin in Strasburg. Painted Alsatian life with much success. Medals: 2d class, 1853-59-61-67; 1st class, 1863; medal of honour, 1868; L. of Honour, 1863; Order of Leopold of Belgium. Works: Alsatian Interior (1847); Tow-Path (1852); Wood Cutters of the Black Forest, Potato Crop in Alsace; Alsatians Threshing (1853); Bretons at the Door of a Church during Mass, Funeral on the Rhine (1859); Siege of a Town by the Romans, Alsatian Wedding, Wedding Feast, Battery of Military Machines (1861), bought by Emperor; Jesus walking on the Sea; Pilgrims of St. Odile (1863), Luxembourg Museum; End of the Deluge, Wolf-Hunting in Spain (1864); The King's Day (1865); Reading the Bible (1867); Funeral in Venice (1868); Dance of the Cock (1872); Alsatian Wedding (1874); Day of Baptism (1875); First Steps (1876); Awakening the Pilgrims to Saint Odile (1877). Works in United States: Alsatian Christening, Leaving Church, Miss C. L. Wolfe, New York; Bouquet, R. C. Taft, Providence; Brittany Peasants at Prayer, J. W. Garrett, Baltimore; Alsatian Peasant Girl, J. Carey Coale, Baltimore; Invasion, C. Parson, St. Louis; Marriage in Alsace, Alex. Brown, Philadelphia; Charcoal Furnace, R. L. Stuart, New York; Decking the Village Crucifix, J. Hoey, New York; do., Israel Corse, New York.—Meyer, Gesch., 702; Montrosier, Artistes modernes.


BRISPOT, HENRI, born at Beauvais; contemporary. Genre and portrait painter,