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BELLOTTO— BERLINGHIERL 28 which he finished with an extreme minateness.' ( Guarienti. ) BELLUCCI, Antonio, b. at Pieve di Soligo, 1654, d, there, 1726. Vene- tian School. Painted much in Italy, Germany, and in England. His nephew, says Walpole, "went to Ireland and made a fortune there hy painting por- traits." Bellucio was fond of strong contrasts of light and shade ; he exe- cuted large works, but excelled in small figures : he introduced many into the landscapes of Tempesta. BELTRAFFIO, Giovanni Antonio, b, 1467, d, 1516. Lombard School. A pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, amateur! He painted in the simple sombre style of the minority of the Milanese followers of Leonardo. Works. Louvre, Vierge de la Famille Casio. Berlin Museum, Sta. Barbara ; Portrait of one of the Bentivoglio family; Madonna and Child. BEIiTRA.NO, Annella, or Annella DI Rosa, d. 1649, aged about 36. Neapolitan School. The pupil of Massimo Stanzioni, and the wife of her fellow pupil Agostino Beltrano. The husband and wife painted together, and their pictures were sometimes touched by Stanzioni, and sold as his own. Annel- la was killed by her husband through unfounded jealousy of her master Stan- zionL Agostino fled to France, but returned to Naples in 1660, and died there in 1665. Works. Chiesa della Pieta de' Tur- chini, the Birth and the Death of the Virgin. (Dominid.) BELVEDERE, Andkea, b. 1646, d. 1732. Neapolitan School. Scholar of Giambattisto Ruoppoli; painted fruit and flowers. (Dominid.) BENEFIAL, Cav, Maeco, b. at Rome, 1614, d. 1764. Roman School. A pupil of Buenaventura Lamberti. He painted in fresco and in oil with ability, and gained himself a reputation by some of his works, far above the other artists of his time, but having a large family he was always poor. His monument is in the Pantheon at Rome. Works. Rome, Palazzo Spada, a saloon: Academy of St. Luke, Christ and the woman of Samaria. Viterbo, Dome of the Cathedral. BENFATTO, Luioi, b. at Verona, 1551, d. 1611. Venetian School. Pupil and nephew of Paul Veronese, whose style and works he imitated with great skill. {Bidolfi.) BENINI, SiaisMONDo, b. at Cre- mona, living 1762. Lombard School. A pupil of Angelo Massarotti ; was a good landscape-painter. {Panni.) BENSO, Giuuo, b. at Pieve del Tecco, about 1601, d. 1668. Genoese School. Pupil of Gio. Battista Paggi : he painted history and architectural perspective with great ability, chiefly in fresco; he executed few works in oil. Works. Genoa, Church of the Nun- ziata del Guastato, the Coronation of the Virgin; San Domenico; Santo Spirito; and other churches. {So- prani.) BERGAMASCO, II. [Castello.] BERLINGHIERI, Bonaventura, of Lucca. This name is on a tempera picture of St. Francis, painted in 1235 for the Marquis Montecuccoli, in the castle of Guiglia, near Modena. This picture is supposed to have been some- thing of a portrait, as the saint died .only nine years before. The original picture is now in San Francesco, in Pescia; the Guiglia picture and one mentioned by D'Agincourt, in the Va- tican, are copies. The date and name are written in gold at the feet of the saint, who has the Stigmata, and holds a book in his left hand. This date is five years before the birth of Cimabue. There is an outline in Rosini. {Betti- nelli. Mosini.) BERLINGHIERI, Camillo, called