PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.
Vienna. Gallery. Marriage of St. Catharine.
„ Schonhmn Coll. Hercules.
BERRETTONI, Niccol6. This painter was born at Montefeltro, near Macerata, in 1637. He was the ablest scholar of Carlo Maratti, and painted his- torical Bubjects with skill. He was also influenced by Guido Reni and Correggio. One of his best pictures is an altar-piece in the church of Santa Maria, in Monte Santo, in Rome, representing a subject from the life of St. Francis. He was re- ceived into the Academy of that city in 1675, and died in 1682.
BERRIDGE, John, a pupil of Sir Joshua Rey- nolds, gained a prize at the Society of Arts in 1766, ana exhibited portraits at the gallery of the Incorporated Societj' of Artists and at the Royal Academy between 1770 and 1785.
BERRUGUETE, Alonso, an eminent Spanish painter, was born at Paredes de Nava, in Castile, in 1480. When he had made some progress inthe art, the fame of Michelangelo induced him to visit Italy, and he had the advantage of studying under that sublime master. He was the contemporary and friend of Andrea del Sarto, and made such improvement during his stay in Italy — both at Florence and Rome — that he returned to Spain eminently proficient both in painting and sculp- ture. He also excelled as an architect. He was the first artist who introduced the pure Italian style of the 16tb century into Spain. The Emperor Charles V. took him under his immediate protection, appointed him one of his painters, and employed him in many considerable works at Madrid, in the palace of the Prado, and in the Alhambra of Gra- nada. He was also patronized hy Philip II. He died rich, at Alcala, in the year 1561, and was buried with the greatest magnificence at the ex- pense of his sovereign.
BERRUGUETE, Pedro, a native of Paredes de Nava, and painter to Philip I. In 1483 he was employed with Rincon, by the Chapter of Toledo, to paint the walls of the old ' Segrario ' of the cathedral. He also painted the cloister in 1495, and the vestry in 1497. Cean Bennudez ranks him as a painter with Pietro Perugino. His earliest known works are supposed to be those which he painted in conjunction with one Suitos Cruz for the high altar of the cathedral at Avila. Berruguete died at Madrid about 1500.
BERSENEV, Ivan, a Russian engraver, born in Siberia in 1762. He was a scholar of Guttenberg, and afterwards of Bervic, at Paris ; he executed several excellent plates, and died in 1790. St. John the Evangelist; after Domeniehino. (Orleans Gallery.)
The Tempter; after Titian. (Orleans Gallery.) The portrait of Kathariua Nicolaevna Orloff.
BERTANO, Giovanni Baitista. See Gni.si.
BERTAUD, Marie Rosalie, a French engraver, was born in Paris in 1738. Slie was instructed in the art by St. Aubin and ChofEard, and engraved several plates, the best of which are those after the pictures of Joseph Vernet, entitled :
Orage imp^tueux ; an oval plate. La Pecheur a la ligue. Le Itocher perce. La IJarque mise a flot. I^a Peche au clair de la Lune. Les Techeurs Italieus.
BERTAUX, Jean DUPLESSIS. See Ddplessis- Bertaux.
BERTELLI, Cristofano, an Italian engraver, a native of Rimini, in the Duchy of Modena, flourished about 1525. We have by him a few plates, exe- cuted with the graver in rather a stifi manner :
The Portrait of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma. The Conversion of St. Paul. The Virgin and Cliild, with St. Augustine, St. Sebas- tian, and St. Helena, with St. Joseph sleeping. The Virgin and Child, with St. George and other Saints. The different Ages of Man. The Virgin and ChUd, with St. Sebastian, St. Francis, and St. Eoch ; after Correyijio.
BERTELLI, Ferrando, an engraver, was bom at Venice about the year 1525. He engraved some plates after Venetian and other painters. By him we have :
A print, entitled Oi Christ ciu-ing the sick; after 'Farinati. 1566. The Crucifixion ; after Giulio Komano. Venus and Cupid ; after Titian. 1566. Specchio della Vita Humana. 1566.
BERTELLI, Luca. This engraver was pro- bably a relation of Ferrando Bertelli. He has engraved several plates after the great Italian painters, and is said to have been a printseller. Some of bis engravings are very scarce. A Bust of Hippolita Gonzaga. The Israelites tormented by Serpents ; after Michel- anyelo. The Baptism of Christ. Christ washing his Disciples' feet ; Lucas, sc. The Flagellation. The Crucifixion. The Descent from the Cross ; fine. The Four Evangelists ; after Coin/en. The Last Judgment ; after J. B. Fontana. A Woman and Children warming themselves by a Fire ; after Titian.
BERTERHAM, Johan Baptist, is an engraver whom Strutt has noticed under the two names of Berterham and Bexteriiam. He was a native of the Netherlands, and resided at Brussels at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century. His principal works are after paintings by J. de Roore, N. Cortens, C. Eykens, and others, repre- senting the history of the Miraculous Host pre- served in the church of St. Michael and St. Gudule at Brussels. They are executed with much freedom atid skill.
BERTHELEMY, Antoine. See Barth^lemy.
BEHTHELEMY, Jean Simon, an historical painter, who was born at Laon in 1743, was a scholar of Noel Hall^. He visited Rome, and painted, in addition to some historical and poetical subjects, which have been engraved, the ceilings of the palace of Fontainebleau and the Luxem- bourg. He was a member of the Academy, and director of the School of Design. He died in Paris in 1811.
BERTHOLD, Karl Ferdinand, born at Meissen in 1799, was a designer and etcher. He attended the Academy at Dresden in 1811, and was a scholar of Kijgelgen. One of his best productions is the engraving entitled, 'The good and bad effects of Wine.' He died in 1838.
BERTHOLOTTI, Andrea m, called Bellunello, of Cividale, flourislied in the 15th century, and was a master in the Guild of San Vito in 1462. He seems to have contracted for altar-pieces and mural decorations, at Udine, San Vito, and the surrounding towns, up to 1490. At the Palazzo Communale of Udine is a Crucifixion, with various
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