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32 BRANDI— BUONCONSIGLI. Gaeta, the Cathedral, and the Nnn- siata. (Paacoli.) • BBIZIO, FRiLNCEsco, 6. at Bologna, 1574, d. 1623. Bolognese School. He studied first under Bartolomeo Passerot- ti and afterwards in the school of Lodo- vico Garracci, where, though until his twentieth year he was a shoemaker's shop-boy, he soon proved his extraor- dinary ability as a painter, and the universality of his powers. He painted history, architectural views, and land- scape, And excelled in perspective. Agostino Garracci instructed him in engraving, in which art likewise he attained to great proficiency : many of his prints are extant. His son Fi- lippo was also a painter of ability. Works, Bologna, San Petronio, Goronation of the Madonna del Borgo : San Michele in Bosco. {Jlfalvasia.) BRONZING, Anoblo, ^. at Monte- celli, 1502, d. 1572. Tuscan School. A pupil of Pontormo, the friend of Vasari, and an enthusiastic admirer of Michelangelo, though not of that mannered anatomical school which arose from the injudicious imitation of Michelangelo, and of which Bron- zino's nephew, Allori, was one of the principal promoters. Bronzino was an excellent portrait-painter, though his colouring was rarely good. His nephew Allori is also frequently called Bronzino. Works, Florence, Gallery of the Uffizj, Limbo, or the Descent of Ghrist into Hell: Santa Maria Nuova, a iPieta. Louvre, a portrait of a Sculptor; Christ appearing to the Magdalen. {Vasari.) BRUNI, DoMENico, b. at Brescia, 1591, d, 1666. Venetian School. He was the pupil of Tommaso Sandrini, and painted architectural views and perspective subjects, for which class of pictures he is considered one of the best of the Italian painters. (Orlandi,) BRUSASORGL [Riccio.] BUFFALMAGCO, or BUONAMICO OT Gbistofano, b. at Florence about 1273, living 1351. Tuscan School. Buffalmaeco is a nickname given to this artist by Boccaccio. Yasari's accounts of him are chiefly firom the novels of Boccaccio and Sacchetti. The frescoes attributed to him in the Campo Santo are barbarous works, but Yasari states that when he chose to exert himself^ which was not often, he was equal to any of his contem- poraries: he was the pupU of Andrea Tafi. Some of the works ascribed by Yasari to BuffiQmacco in the Campo Santo, those especially from the Book of Genesis, are attributed to Pietro di Puccio d'Orvieto, and with more pro- bability to Francesco da Volterra : the others were very much repainted in 1667. Works. Pisa, Campo Santo, the Creation; the History of Noah; and scenes fh)m the Life of Christ: Academy, St. Umilt^. Assisi, San Francesco, the chapel of the Magda- lene. ( Vasari,) BUGIARDINI, GuiLUNO, b. aX Florence, 1481, d, 1556. Tuscan School. He studied under the Sculptor Bertoldo, Albertinelli, and Fra. Bartolomeo, and painted his- torical pieces and portraits : in the latter subjects he excelled; he was also a good colourist He painted the portrait of Michelangelo, with whom he was intimate, and who aided him in his works. He painted much in the style of Albertinelli. Works, Florence, Santa Maria Novella, Martyrdom of St. Catherine: Uffi^, Holy Family. Bologna Gallery, St. John in the Wilderness ; Madonna and Saints. Berlin Museum, Death of Lucretia; and two sacred subjects. {Vasari.) BUONARROTI. [Michelakoelo.] BUONGONSIGLI, Giovanni, called H Marescalco. Native of Yicenza.