A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
BARTSCH, Gottfried, a German engraver, was
a nutive of Sohweidnitz in Silesia. He settled at
Berlin, and was engraver to the 'Great Elector'
from 1674 to 16'^4. By him we have a small col-
lection of prints from the pictures in the Gallery
at Berlin. He also engraved the following
plates :
The Holy Family ; aftir Van Di/ck. Meleager presenting the Head of the Boar to Atalanta ; after Rubens.
BARUFFALDI, Antonio, was born at Ferrara in 1793, studied at Venice, and died in 1819. The gallery of his native city possesses a ' Virgin read- ing ' iind a ' Tancred and Armida,' by him.
BARVEZ. See Beuvic.
BAUWELL, Henry George, was bom in 1829. His picturt'S, which lie painted in water-colours, represent landscapes from English scenery. A few of these, from the year 1878, he exhibited in London at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water- Colours, and also at the Grosvenor Gullery. He lived at Norwich, and died there in 1898.
BARY, Hendrik, (or Barry,) an eminent Dutch engraver, was born about the j'ear 1626. He appears from his style to have been either a scholar of Comelis Visscher, or to have formed himself from his manner. We have several plates by him of portraits and various subjects, executed very neatly with the graver, which have great merit, although they are by no means equal to the works of Visscher. He generally marked his plates with his name, H. Bary, and sometimes H. B. By him we have the following :
PORTRAITS.
Dirk and W'alther Crabeth, glass-painters. Adriaan Heerebord. 1659. Hierouimiis van Bivernink. Desiderius Erasmus, of Rotterdam. Willem Joseph Baron of Ghent, admiral of Holland. Rombout Hagerbeets. Annius Manilas Torquatus Severinus Boethins. Jacobus Taurinus. Count Johann Waldstein. La Duehesse de la Valliere. Hugo Grotius ; after Mirevelt. Comelis Ketel, painter ; se ipse pinx. 1659. Jacob Backer, painter ; G. Terborch pinx. ; oval. John Schellhammer, pastor ; Escopius del. John Zas, pastor; Chr. Pierson pinx. Jacob Batiliere, predicant ; Westerhaem pinx. Arnold Gesteramus, predicant ; Westerbaem pinx. Michael Ruyter, admiral ; after F. Bol. Admiral Vlugh ; after B. van der Heist. Leo Aitzema, historian ; after Jan de Baan. George de Mey, theologian ; after C. van Diemen.
SUBJECTS AFTER VARIOUS MASTERS, AND AFTER HIS DESIGNS.
Neptune, emblematical. Allegorical title for the work of Leo van Aitzema. A Mother suckling her Child. Two Drolleries ; after Brouwer ; S. Bary fee., -without the name of the painter. A Peasant Family ; after Pieter Aertsen. Summer and Autumn, in one plate, represented by two Children, one holding a handful of Com ; after Van Dyck. A young "Woman leaning on a Table sleeping, and a yoimg Man laughing ; after the same. A young Lady sitting at a Table, with a Hat and Feathers ; after Terborch.
BARYE, Antoine Louis, born in Paris in 1795, was a successful sculptor who also painted in water- colours and etched several plates ; he was a pupU of Gros. He received the decoration of an officer of the Legion of Honour in 1855, and was elected a member of the Academy in 1868. He died in Paris in 1875.
BAS, Jacques Philippe le. See Le Bas.
BAS, Martin, (or Basse,) a Dutch engraver, who flourished about the year 1600. From the style of his plates, it is very probable that he was brought up in the school of Wierix ; his engravings are evidently in imitation of the manner of that master. He was chiefly employed in portraits. We have by him the portrait of Edmund Genungs, Jesuit, prefixed to his ' Memoirs,' published 1591 ; the portrait of Philip Bosqueri, marked Mart. Boise ; and a small frontispiece of ' St. Peter and St. Paul' dated 1622.
BASAITI, Marco, a native of Friuli, was born, according to some authorities, of Greek parents, and flourished from about 1503 — the date of his earliest known work — to 1520. He was a rival of Giovanni Bellini, and if he did not equal that master in every respect, there are some points in which he surpassed him. He was happier in his composition, and understood better how to unite liia grounds with his figures. His pictures are signed M. Baxit, Marcus Baxaiti, or Marcus Basaiti. The following are his best works :
Berlin. Museum. Pieta. „ „ St. Seb?.stian. London. Kat. Gall. St. Jerome reading. ,, „ Infant Christ asleep on the lap of the Virgin {doubtful). Rovigo. Museum. Christ carrying the Cross {^M'ofia^'/y painted in I-'JIT.) Venice. Academy. Christ praying iu the Garden (dateii 1510). ,, ,, Calling of St. James and St. John (painted in 1510). ,, ,, A Dead Christ with Two Angels. And others. „ Manfrini G. A Madonna and Child. „ iS. Pietro d. St. George and the Dragon (dated Castello. i 1520). Vienna. Belvedere. Calliug of St. James and St. John (dated 1515).
BASAN, Pierre FnANgois, a French engraver, born in Paris in 1723. He was a pupil of Etienne Fessard and Jean DaulM. He was principally occupied as a printseller, and published a ' Diction- naire des Graveurs ' in 1767. He died in 1797. He engraved the following plates;
The Gothic Songster ; after A. Both. Au Ecce Homo ; after Varavafjgio. Christ breaking the Bread ; after Carlo Bold. St. Maimce ; after Luca Giordano. Bacchus and Ariadne ; after Jordaens. Christophe Lemenu de St. Philibert ; after Le Fevre. Tjouis XV., with Diogenes ; after Le Moine. The Female Gardener ; after Frans Mieris. The Card-players ; after Teniera. An lucautation ; after the same. Carle Vanloo. Armand Gaston de Rohan, called the Cardinal do Soubise. He also executed several copies after the scarce etchings of Rembrandt.
BASCHENIS, EvARisTO, a native of Bergamo, born in 1607, or 1617 (for authorities differ), was a painter of the Venetian school. He was among the first to introduce in Italy what is now tenned painting of still-life. He painted musical instruments with much effect, arranging them on tables covered with the most beautiful tapestries, and mingled with various other objects. From these materials he produced pictures with so much skill as quite I to deceive the spectator. He died in 1677.
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