A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
extremely jealous of the fame of Michelangelo, and
was ambitious of excelling in both arts, in imitation of that great master. But it is seldom that
human nature is endowed with the faculties of
that illustrious artist, and it is probable that what-
ever merit Bandinelli possessed as a painter, was
deprived of the tribute to which it might be
entitled, by being brought into the lists against so
gigantic an adversary. His principal works, as a
painter, were the 'Murder of the Innocents,' en-
graved by Marco da Ravenna, and the ' Martyrdom
of St. Laurence,' engraved by Marc-Antonio. He
died at Florence in 1560. A series of Studies of
Animals by Bandinelli is in the Louvre, Paris.
BANKS, Charles. See Bancks.
BANNERMAN, Alexander, was bom at Cam- bridge about the year 1730. He engraved several of the portraits for Walpole's 'Anecdotes of Paint- ers,' and some plates for Boydell's collection, among which are :
Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's Dream; after SpagnoUtto. The Death of St. Joseph ; after Velazquez. Children Dancing ; after Le Nain, He was living at Cambridge in 1770, but the date of his death is unknown.
BANNOIS, — . Strutt mentions this artist as the engraver of a portrait of Queen Elizabeth of England.
BAPTIST, Jacob. This artist, a native of Deutekom, probably of French extraction, resided at Amsterdam about the year 1720. He engraved principally book-plates, the best known of which are the plates for the ' Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament,' from the designs of Goer^e and others, published by Mortier at Amsterdam in 1700. They are executed in a very indifiEerent style.
BAPTIST, Jak Caspak, a native of Antwerp, was a scholar of Thomas Willeborts. He visited England during the civil war, and was much em- ployed by General Lambert. After the Restora- tion he became an assistant to Sir Peter Lely, and afterwards to Sir Godfrey Kneller. He drew well, and excelled in making designs for tapestry. The portrait of Charles II. in the hall of the Painter-Stainers' Company, and that of the same king in the hall of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, were painted by him. He died in London in 1691.
BAPTISTE. See Monnoyer.
BAQUOY, Jean Charles, the eldest son of Maurice Baquoy, was born in Paris in 1721. He en- graved book-plates after the designs of Eisen, Gravelot, Moreau, and others, among which are a set of vignettes for the French translation of 'Ovid's Metamorphoses,' published by Basan, which are executed in a finished style, and a set of plates, after Oudry, for the Fables of La Fontaine. He also engraved after Boucher, Watteau, J. Vemet, Wouwerman, and other masters. He died in Paris in 1777.
BAQUOY, Maurice, a French engraver, was bom about 1680, and worked in Paris from 1710 to 1740. He engraved a set of vignettes for the 'Histoire de France,' by Gabriel Daniel, from the designs of Boucher. ^o have also by him a set of landscapes and views, and a naval combat, after P. D. Martin, the younger — one of the four large battle-pieces after Martin engraved at Paris for the Czar, Peter the Great. Baquoy died in 1747.
BAQUOY, Pierre Charles, the son and pupil of Jean Charles Baquoy, was born in Paris in 1759. Besides a variety of book-plates, which are very neatly executed, we have by him several prints after French painters. He died in Paris in 1829. For complete lists of the works of the Baquoys see Meyer's ' KUnstler-Lexikon.'
BAR, BoNAVENTDRE DB, who was bom in 1700, painted after the manner of Watteau. He became a member of the Academy at Paris in September 1728, or December 1727, and his reception painting, a ' Fete Champ§tre,' is in the Louvre. He died in 1729.
BAR, Jacqdes Charles, a French engraver, published, in 1778, a series of coloured plates of the costumes of military and religious orders. Besides these he executed several prints, after C. N. Cochin, fils, and one called 'The Village Bath,' in colours, in conjunction with Chatelet. He worked in Paris from 1777 to 1800.
BARA, Jan, (or Barra,) a Dutch engraver, who was bom about the year 1574. He came to Eng- land, and died in London in 1634. Meyer's ' Kiinstler-Lexikon ' erroneously confounds him with Johannes de la Baer, a Flemish glass-painter, who was still living in 1659-60. He appears to have imitated the style of the Sadelers, but he by no means arrived at their excellence. His works bear date from 1598 to 1632, and among them are the following :
portraits. Christian II., Elector of Saxony. 1605. Prince Maiuice of Nassau-Orange. Joachim, Count of Ortenburg. Louis, Duke of Richmond and Lennox ; after Paul van Somer. 1624. Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of Charles I.
VARIOnS SDBJECTS.
Bast of a 5Ian, with two allegorical figures representing Painting and Science. 1622. A Landscape, with Phaeton demanding of Apollo the conduct of his Car ; Jo. Barra fe. The History of Tobit ; after Zapponi ; four plates. Christ and the Apostles ; after Joost van Winyen ; thirteen plates. Christ and His Disciples going to Emmaus; Joann harrafe. A Landscape, with Susannah and the Elders; Joh. Barra fecit Londini, 1627. The Five Senses ; Johannes Barra fe.; five plates. The Seasons ; after P. Steevens ; four plates. Susannah and the Elders ; after H. Qoltziia. 1598. Bathsheba bathmg ; after G. Weyer. The Parable of the Sower ; after A. Bloemaert, Herodiafi, with the Head of St. John the Baptist ; after Johann von Aachen. Twelve plates of Grotesque Ornaments ; after Nicasiui Ihusseel, marked Johan: Barra: sculp. LondiniJ. 1623.
BARABBINO, Simone, was bom at Polcevera, near Genoa, about the year 1585, and was a distinguished scholar of Bernardo Castello. His extraordinary talent alarmed the jealousy of his instructor to such a degree that he expelled him from his Academy. He soon afterwards painted a picture of ' St. Diego,' for the Nunziata del Guastato, which Soprani considered equal in merit to the work of Castello. Not meeting with the encouiageraent he merited at Genoa, he established himself at Milan, where he received the tribute due to his ability, which his fellow-citizens had denied him. One of the finest works of this painter is the ' Dead Christ with the Virgin, St Michael, and St. Andrew,' in the church of San Girolamo at Milan. Lanzi says he quitted his profession and turned to merchandise, in which
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