A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
BINCK. See Bink.
BINDER, Joseph, who was born at Vienna m 1805. received his first art instruction in that city. Froni 1827 to 1834 he resided at Munich. Two years later he became teacher at the Stadel Insti- tute, Frankfort ; and in 1847 he returned to Vienna and was elected in the following year a member of the Academy, of which he was made a lecturer in 1851. He died in 1864. Binder at first painted portraits, but afterwards turned his attention to historical subjects, a branch of art in which he was very successful. Towards the close of his life he painted frescoes for churches. The following are some of his best works :
Portrait of the Emperor Albert II. {In the Kaisersaal at Frankfort.) Madonua and Child. The Couversion of the Robber Julian. St. Catharine of Siena visiting a poor family. St. Florian. Conversion of St. Eustachius. (7n the Belvedere, Vienna.)
BIN DON, Francis, who was bom in Ireland at the beginning of the 18th century, painted por- traits of Dean Swift, the Archbishop of Armagh, Dr. Sherid.in, and other celebrated men of the time, some of which were engraved. He also practised as an architect, and built country mansions. He died in 1765.
BINET, Adolphe Gustave, younger brother of Victor J. B. Binet, bom February 2, 1854, at Saint Sauveur (Calvados), became a pupil of Gerome at the school of Beaux-Arts, and gained consider- able reputation as a painter of Paris life and scenes. Later he became a follower of the mystical school, but he is best known by his great work in the Hotel de Ville, representing a sortie by the National Guard from Paris in 1870. This was exhibited in the Champ de Mars salon in 1891. He obtained a third-class medal in 1885, and a silver medal in 1889. He died in Paris in 1897.
BINET, Louis, a French engraver, was bom in Paris in 1744. He was a pupil of Beauvarlet, and engraved several plates after the works of Greuze, Joseph Vernet, and other masters. He died in Paris about the year 1790.
BING, Edward, (or Btng,) was an assistant to 3ir Godfrey Kneller, who, before his death, com- missioned him to finish all his portraits which were then incomplete, and in return settled on him £100 a year. Bing died about the middle of the last century. His brother, Robert Binq, was also employed by Kneller.
BINK, Jakob, (or Binck,) an old German en- graver and painter, was born at Cologne between 1490 and 1504. From the earliest accounts of Bink, we must consider it probable that he was a pupil of Diirer, but this is by no means certain, wlule his early residence in Italy throws a doubt upon the supposition. He is also said to have worked under Marc' Antonio in Rome. One of his largest plates is a rather feeble copy of the very popular ' Massacre of the Innocents ' by Raphael. Previous to the year 1546 he was appointed painter to King Christian III. of Denmark, whose portrait and that of his wife Queen Dorothea, by him, are said to be at Copenhagen. He was also employed by Prince Albrecht of Brandenburg, who sent him in 1549 to the Netherlands, to erect a monument to the late Princess. Bink now received a fixed annual salary from the above-named prince, and removed his wife and family to Konigsberg, where, about twenty years after, he died, in 1568 or 1569. Of his paintings none but portraits are known. In the Garderobe at Konigsberg are those of ' Prii ce Albrecht ' and his ' First Wife,' and his own por- trait is in the Belvedere, Vienna. Sink's pictures are remarkable for correctness of drawing and general artistic taste. This artist holds a distinguished rank among the engravers denominated, on account of the small size of their prints, by the name of the ' Little Masters.' His style is very neat, sometimes resembling the works of H. Aldegrever, but liis plates evince less masteiy in the execution. His drawing is correct, and there is an agreeable taste Ln the turn of his figures. There has existed considerable confusion respecting the marks of the artists of this period, particularly those whose names commence with a B. The works of this master are generally marked with the cipher annexed, the C meaning Coloniensis. Several other engravers used the initials T/x'T) /. B., one of whom, very skilful indeed, |V ,/j j and possessed of much invention, is mis- taken by Sandrart for Bink. The following are his principal prints:
The Portrait of Jacob Bink, with a cap, a skull in his cloak, and a cup in his right hand. The Portrait of Lucas Gassel ; I. B. 1529. Inscribed Imago ab Jacob Binck ad vivum delineata. Portrait of Francis I. ; Franciscus rex FranciiP. Portrait of Claude, First Queen of Francis I. 1526. Christiernus II. Danorum Eex. 1525. Elisabeta Danorum Kegina. Christian III., surrounded by nine shields of arms and sis Cupids, is one of his most elaborate and excellent engraWngs. It is rare, and not in Bartsch's catalogue. St. Jerome, with the Lion. Twenty, representing the DiWuities ; copied after Cara/iiis, who engraved these plates after II Itosso. Adam holding the branch of a tree. Eve, with a branch with two apples. Lot and his Daughters ; circular ; marked twice. David, with the head of Goliath. 1526. Judith, with the head of Holofemes. St. Michael vanquishing the Evil Spirit. The Virgin Mary adoring the Infant Jesus in the manger. Virgin sitting on a bank. Saints, various small prints, including SS. Anthony, the Virgin with Catharine and BarLary, Magdalene, George. The Beheading of St. John. The Soldier struggling with Death. A fine design. Many subjects from fable and allegory, including Cupid, Venus, Hercules and Nessus, Pride, Fortune, Justice. The Massacre of the Innocents ; copied after Jlurc antonio ; very scarce ; an inferior print. A Woman beating and driving away the De^il with her crutch 1528. W. B. S.
BINNEMAN, Walter. This artist, who is supposed to have been a native of England, flourished about the year 1675. He engraved a few portraits, which are very indifEerently executed ; among them is that of Robert Chaniberlaine, an arithmetician, prefixed to his 'Accomptant's Guide.'
BINOIT, Peter, a flower painter of the 17th century, flourished in Cologne. In the Darmstadt Gallery there are two flower-pieces by liim. One has his monogram and the date 1611, and the other is signed P. BINOIT. FRANCFORT 1620.
BINYON, Edward, was an English landscape painter in oil and water-colours. He lived many years in the isle of Capri, where he died in 1876, from the effects of bathing while heated. His works, which appeared at the Dudley Gallery and
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