PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.
Momicg ; after the same.
Four large landscapes ; after Dietrich ; engraved in
1770 and 1771. These are his finest prints.
BENCOVICH, Federigo, called 'II Federi- gUetto di Dalmatia,' was a native of Dalmatia, but was educated at Bologna ; he flourished about the year 1753. He appears to have studied the stjle of Carlo Cignani, to whose firmness of design he approached more nearly than he did to the amenity of his colouring. He produced several estimable works at Bologna, Milan, and Venice, and in the church of the Madonna del Piombo at Bologna is an altar-piece by him of the ' Crucifixion of St. Andrew.' He was more employed in painting easel pictures than large works ; many of the former are in Germany, where he resided some years.
BENDEL, Hans Sigmdnd, of SchafEhausen, in Switzerland, was an historical painter and litho- grapher, and attended the Academy of Munich, under Kaulbach. He commenced to paint a series of cartoons with scenes from Swiss history, but unfortunately died, in 1853, before they were com- pleted. Among his other works are the illustra- tions for Goethe, for Pestalozzi's ' Lienhard und Gertrud,' for Hebel's ' Poems,' and for the ' Nijny Glockly ' (the Nine o'clock Bell) at Scliaffhausen.
BENDZ, WiLHELM Ferdinand, who was born at Odense, in the island of Funen, in 1804, studied imder Eckersberg in Copenhagen, and became a good painter of portraits and genre pieces. In 1831 he went by way of Munich to Italy, and died at Vicenza, in 1832. Of his works we may mention : Portrait of the Pastor HornsyUl. 1825. A Painter in his Studio. 1826. (In the Copenhagen Gallert/.) Interior of an Art Academy 1826. {In the Copenhagen Gallerti.) A Sculptor in his Studio. 1827. (In the Copenhagen Gallery.) Christian IV. at the Battle of Femern. 1823.
BENEDETTI, Mattia, was a native of Reggio, and a scholar of Orazio Talami. According to Averoldi, he flourished about the year 1700, and was esteemed as a fresco painter. One of his best works was the ceiling of the church of Sant' Antonio at Brescia.
BENEDETTI, Tommaso, who was bom in Lon- don in 1797, went early to Vienna, where he spent the greater part of his life, and died in 1863. Amongst his best engravings are the following : Portrait of the Emperor Francis I. ; after Ammerling. Portrait of the Emperor Francis I. ; after K'ipelwieser. Portrait of the Duke of Reichstadt ; after Daffinger. Portrait of the Archduke Charles of Austria; after Kriehuber.
The Entombment; after Titian. Madonna with the Cherries ; after Titian.
BENEDETTIS, DoMESico de. This artist was bom in Piedimonte d'Alise about the year 1610. He was sent when young to Naples, where he was placed under the tuition of Fabrizio Santa- fede, and after studying some time under that master, he went to Rome, where he had the ad- vantage of becoming a scholar of Guido, whose graceful and elegant manner he imitated u-^Ih suc- cess. On liis return to Naples, he was favoured wth the protection of the king, whose palace he ornamented with several pictures; he also painted some works for the churches. Dominici mentions, as his best work, the ceiling of the church of Santa Maria Donna Regina, where he has repre- sented, in the different compartments, subjects from the life of the Virgin Mary, entirely in the manner of Guido. He died in 1678.
BENEDETTO, II. See Castiglione.
BENEDETTO, Fra. See Fiesole, Benedetto DA.
BENEDICTO, RoQnE, an historical painter of Valencia, and scholar of Gaspar de la Huerta, for whose works the pictures of Benedicto are often mistaken. He was a better colourist than designer. His most distinguished picture is the ' Miracle of St. Francis de Paul feeding 3000 persons Nvith a small quantity of bread.' He died at Valencia in 1735.
BENEFIAL, Cavaliere Marco, was bom at Rome in 1684. Several of his works in that city prove him to have possessed very considerable ability. In the Academy of St. Luke is a fine picture of ' Christ and the Samaritan Woman ; ' and in the church of the 'Stimmate,' the ' Flagel- lation.' In the Palazzo Spada there is a saloon entirely painted by him, which is considered one of the finest productions of his time: and there are also preserved the cartoons for his great fresco work of the dome of the cathedral at Viterbo. He died in 1764.
BENET, Geronimo, painted portraits, figures of the Virgin and Christ, to which he gave con- siderable expression. He died at Valladolid in 1700.
BEXEVIDES. See Ramirez.
BENFATTO, LniGi, who was bom at Verona in 1551, was the nephew and scholar of Paolo Veronese, under whom he acquired a bold and vigorous style of painting. According to Ridolfi, he maintained for some time after the death of Paolo the celebrity of the school, and the splendid system of colouring established by that great master. He distinguished himself by many admir- able works in public buildings at Venice. In the church of St. Nicholas is a grand composition by him, representing the Ascension of that saint to heaven, attended by a choir of angels, and figures emblematical of the virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity, and in the Chiesa di Santa Marta are several pictures of the life of that saint. Many other works of Benfatto are mentioned by Ridolfi. He died in 1611.
BENING, Levina, was the eldest daughter of Simon Bening. a miniature painter of Bruges, and was instructed in miniature painting bj' her father. She married Georg Teerling of Blankenberghe, who came with her to England, where her remark- able talents recommended her to the notice of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and the queens Mary and Elizabeth ; with the last of whom she was in great favour as late as 1570, but the time of her death is not recorded. She was also known in England as ' Levina of Bruges.'
BENING, Simon, a Flemisli illuminator and miniature painter, was probably a native of Ghent, where his father, Alexander Bening, exercised the calling of a draughtsman and illuminator. Simon worked in Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels, and London, and died at Bruges in 1561. There is in the Manu- script Department of the British Museum a splen- did example of his work, ' Arbre genealogique de la Maison souveraine de Portugal,' executed be- tween the years 1530 and 1534.
BENINI, Sigismondo, was born at Cremona, about the year 1675, and studied under Angelo Massarotti. He excelled in painting landscapes, in which the gradation in the distances was well
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