A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
BADILE, Giovanni, a painter of Verona, flourished in the first half of the 15th century. A
signed altar-piece by him of the ' Madonna and
Saints,' in seven compartments, is in the Verona
Gallery. Records of him exist from 1418 to 1433.
BAUILE, Giovanni Antonio, the great-grand- son of Giovanni Badile, was bom at Verona in 1480. He was, according to Lanzi, the first of the Veronese painters who divested himself entirely of the Gothic manner that prevailed before him, and was superior to his contemporaries in the expression of his heads and the delicacy of his colouring. He was the first teacher of his nephew, Paolo Vero- nese. His pictures of the ' Raising of Lazarus,' in the Verona Gallery, and ' The Virgin and Infant in the Clouds, with several Saints,' so highly praised by Ridolfi, are worthy of the in- , ^ Btructor of Paolo Veronese and Zelotti. Ira_ Badile died in 1560.
BADOUX, Robert de, a native of Brussels, was a marine painter and engraver who flourished in the first half of the 17th century. He engraved Borne plates for the 'Academie de I'Epee,' pub- lished in 1628.
BAECK, Elias, of Augsburg, called 'Helden- muth,' who was born in 1679, was a painter and engraver. He worked for some time in Rome, then in Laybach, but finally returned to Augsburg, where he died in 1747. His chief works — both in painting and engraving — were portraits and landscapes. His engravings are sometimes marked E. B. a. H. (Elias Baeck, alias Heldenmuth). See Meyer's ' Kiinstler-Lexikon.'
BAECK, Johann Geobg, an engraver of Augs- burg, worked from about 1700 to 1729. He engraved portraits, of which a great part are men- tioned by Heineken. Amongst these are ' George I.' of England and ' Louis XIV.' of France. His mark is J. B. or B. fe.
BAEHR, Johann Kael, who was bom at Riga in 1801, studied under Matthaei in Dresden, and completed his art education by a sojourn in Italy. He finally settled at Dresden, and in 1840 was made a Professor at the Academy of Fine Art. He died there in 1869. Baehr produced, besides many portraits, numerous historical works of merit. He was also the author of several literary productions. The following are some of his best paintings:
Virgil and Dante.
The Anabaptists in Miinster {litiiographed by Hanfstdngl, and hi I'eichyraher). Iwan the Cruel, of Russia, warned of his death by a Finnish Magician {^si'jiud and dated 1850) ; in the Dresden Gallery. Christ and St. Thomas (at Kiev). Christ on the Cross (at Zscltovau). Portrait of Julius Mosen {litnoyraphed by Sanfitangl).
BAEN, J. DE, (or Baan). See De Baan.
BAENEK, Johann Alexander, a German en- graver, flourished about the year 1670. Among other plates he engraved an emblematical subject, representing a man kneeling at the feet of another man, with a book before him ; and a hand, holding a sword, is striking from the clouds at the latter. It is executed with the graver in a coarse, heavy Btyle.
BAERSTRAET. See Beebstraaten.
BAESTEN, Maria, whose maiden name was Ommeganck, painted landscapes and cattle. She was a member of the Academy at Antwerp in 1784.
BAGELAAR, Ernst Willem Jan, who was bom at Eindhoven, in Holland, in 1775, first entered the army, but early acquired a liking for the fine arts, and instructed himself in that of etching. He acquired further knowledge by travelling through Germany, and by a stay in Paris. Giving up soldiering, he retired to his property at Zon, near Eindhoven, where he died in 1837. His etchings, which are numerous, are executed in imitation of drawings. Many of them are landscapes from liis own designs. The style of Jan Luyken had a special charm for him, and he possessed a considerable collection of his drawings. The follow- ing will show the variety of his subjects :
Ruth and Boaz ; after Luyken. Daniel in prayer ; after the sanie. The sleeping Jew ; after Rembrandt. Portrait of J. W. i?ieneman ; after J. W. Pieneman. Portrait of the poet Janus Seotindus; after J. van Schoreel. View of Arnheim ; after Schelfhovt. Sea-piece ; after Van Goijen. Storm at Sea ; after L. Bakkuisen. A set of six plates of Cows ; after A. Cvyp {one of hit best works). Two Cows; after A. van de Velde. A Sheep ; after Berchem. A Sheep; after Dujardin
BAGER, Johann Daniel, who was bom at Wiesbaden in 1734, was a fruit and flower painter. He worked some time at Frankfort, where he died in 1815. Two works by him are in the Stadel Gallery in that city.
BAGLIONI, Cesare. This artist was bom at Bologna, about the middle of the 16th century; he was the son of an obscure painter, Giovanni Pietro Baglioni, from whom he received some instruction ; but he had the advantage of being a con- temporary of the Carracci, and without being a disciple of that school, he adopted their style, particularly in landscapes, in which he excelled. He was a universal artist, and painted history, animals, and fruit ; in all of which, according to Malvasia, he possessed considera'ole merit. The principal works of this master were at Bologna and Parma, where they were highly esteemed. In the church of the Madonna del Soccorso, at Bologna, he painted a picture of the 'Ascension,' and in San Giorgio an altar-piece, representing 'St Anthony and St. Martha.' Baglioni was employed in 1610 by the Duke Ranuccio Famese at Parma to paint the church or oratory of Stirone, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, which was destroyed in 1812.
BAGLIONI, Cavaliere Giovanni, called 'II Sordo del Barozzo,' was born at Rome in 1571, and was a scholar of Francesco Slorelli. He was employed in many considerable works at Rome during the pontificates of Clement VIII. and Paul V. In the church of Santa Maria dell' Orto, he painted a chapel in fresco, where he repre- sented the 'Life of the Virgin;' and in San Niccol6 in Carcere there is a fine picture of the 'Last Supper.' But his most esteemed performance, which now no longer exists, was his picture in St. Peter's, of that Saint raising Tabitha from the dead, for which he was made a Knight of the Order of Christ by Pope Paul V. He also painted a ' St. Stephen,' in the cathedral of Perugia, and a 'St. Catharine,' for the cathedral of Loretto. He died at Rome in 1644. He was the author of the 'Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects,' who flourished at Rome, from the Pontificate of Gregory XIII. until that of Urban VIIL, from 1573 to 1642.
BAGNACAVALLO. See Raiienghl
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