PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.
as students in the Royal Academy. In 1771 lie
obtained tlie gold medal for a picture representing
' Venus soliciting Vulcan to forge arms for .^neas.'
He was much patronized by Lord Delaval, for
whom he painted two ' Views of Seaton Delaval,'
and several portraits of the family. He died at
Newcastle about 1804.
BELLA, Stefano della. See Della Bella.
BELLANGfi, Edgene, French historical painter; bom at Rouen in 1835 ; son of Hippolyte Bellang^, whose reputation was at its zenith from 1830 to 1860 as a military painter. After study with Picot he followed the style of art in which his father had become famous, and among his early pictures were ' La Garde a Magenta' (1861), 'Solferino" (1863), 'Palcstro' (1863). The Franco-German War of 1870 furnished iiim with more than one fine subject for his brush, but some years afterwards his works were shown less frequently on the walls of the Salon, and his weird series of studies of the heads of dead people created quite a sensation at the Champs de Mars. He died in the April of 1895. ^
BELLANGE, Jacques, a French painter and engraver, was bom at Nancy, in 1594. He first studied under Claude Henriet, and afterwards went to Paris, where he became a scholar of Simon Vouet. He painted, amongst other works, a ' Conception ' for Notre-Dame at Nancy, where he died in 1638. As an engraver, he has certainly been treated with unmerited severity by Basan, who Bays " that he was a bad painter, and a worse engraver." Although he cannot be classed among the ablest artists of bis country, yet his plates, though executed in rather a singular style, possess considerable merit, particularly for their general efiect His point is free and masterly, and he arranged his masses of light and shadow with more than usual intelligence. His drawing is not very correct, and there is an appearance of affectation in the turn of his figures, which is not uiifrequently discernible in the works of his countrymen. The following are his principal plates:
The Annunciation. The Holy Family, with St. Catharine and St. John. The Adoration of the Magi. The Resurrection of I.azarus. Christ bearing his Cross. The dead Saviour lying on the knees of the Virgin Mary. The Three Marys going to the sepulchre. The Magdalene, half-length. St. John the Baptist in the wilderness. The Martyrdom of St. Lucia. The Death of Virginia. Adonis carrying Diana on his Shoulders.
BELLANGE, Joseph Lodis Hippolyte, a French battle painter, was bom in Paris in 1800. ^ His art was influenced by the wars of the first Napo- leon, and while a youth, he produced several mili- tary drawings in lithography. He aftervards pursued his systematic studies under Gros, and with the exception of some portraits, devoted himself exclusively to battle-pieces. In 1824, he received a second class medal for an historical picture, and in 1834 the decoration of the Legion of Honour, of which Order he was made an officer in 1861. He also gained a prize at the Paris Universal Exliibition of 1855. He died in Paris in 1866. Amongst his works are : The Entry of the French into Mons. The Day after the Battle of Jemappes. The Passage of the Mincio. The Battle cf Fleurus (at Versailles). A Duel in the Time of Richelieu. The Battle of 'SVagram (at Versailles). The Taking of Teniah de Muzaia (in Salon of 1841, ojut now at Versailles). Taking Russian Ambuscades (1857). Episode of the Taking of the MalakofiF (1859). The Two Friends — Sebastopol, 1655 (exhihited in Salon of 1861, at London in 1862, and at Paris in 1S67). The Soldier's Farewell (in Leipsic Museum). The Soldier's Return (in Leipsic Museum). The Return of Napoleon from Elba (in Salon of 1S64, and Paris Exhibition, 1867). The Cuirassiers at Waterloo (in Salon of 1865, and Paris Exhibition, 1867). The Guard dies (in Salon of 1566, and Paris Exhibition, 1867 — his last vork).
BELLANGER, J. A. Basan mentions this amateur engraver as having etched some plates from his own designs with considerable taste, intelligence, and correctness, and a few plates after Raphael, among which are the ' Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes,' and the ' School of Athens.'
BELLAVIA, Marc Antokio, was a painter and engraver. About 1600, he executed several plates after the manner of Annibale Carracci, which have been attributed to that artist. The most important are:
The Adoration of the Magi. A Rest iu Egypt. Romulus and Kemus.
BELLE, Alexis Simon, a French portrait painter, was bom in Paris in 1674, and was a pupil of Fran9ois de Troy. He died in Paris in 1734.
BELLE, Clement Lons Marie Anne, a French historical painter, and son of Alexis Simon Belle, was born in Paris in 1722. He studied under Marie Nicole Hortemels, his step-mother, and Fran- cois Lemoine, and in 1761 was received into the Academy, of which he became professor in 1765 and rector in 1790. He was likewise inspector at the tapestry manufactory of the Gobelins, w^here he died in 1806.
BELLE, La. See La Belle.
BELLECHOSE, Henri, ' de Brabant,' is recorded to have been ' painter and valet,' to Jean ' sans peur,' in 1415, and in the same year he was employed by the Chartreuse of Dijon to paint two pictures — the ' Life of St. Denis,' and the ' Death of the Virgin.'
BELLEGAMBE, Jehan, is a painter who has remained, until recently, in obscurity. What we now know concerning him is due to the research of M. Wauters, Dr. Escallier, and others. Belle- gambe was bom, apparently at Douai, about the year 1470. He studied art, it is supposed, under one Jean Gossuin. He is recorded to have resided in Douai from the year 1504 to 1531, and further- more to have executed works for the churches of St. Ani6 and of the Dominicans, as well as for the town. The only authentic work by him is a polyptych in the church of Notre Dame at Douai. It was formerly in the abbey church of Anchin, and subsequently came, in parts, into the possession of Dr. Escallier, who presented it, as a whole, to the church of Notre Dame. This work, which is a very interesting example of Flemish art of that period, was formerly ascribed to Memling. It represents the Trinity, the Virgin, St. John the Baptist, and numerous saints ; and on the exterior, the abbot, the prior, and several monks, together with SS. Charlemagne and Benedict. Bellegambe is mentioned by Vasari in a list of important painters of the Low Countries.
BELLEEMANN, Ferdinand, a native of Erfurt, and pupil of Bleechen and Schirmer. He was
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