A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
Bubjects are finely composed and elegantly drawn.
He sometimes marked his plates B, B. The
following are his most esteemed prints :
Moses in the Bulrushes. Susannah and the Elders. The Nativity, with Angels. The Circumcision. The Wise Men's Offering. Herodias, mth the Head of St. John. The Virgin Mary and Infant Jesus, with Angels. The Virgin suckling the Infant Jesus, with St. Joseph. The Virgin suckling the Infant, with St. Joseph, and St. John with his lamb. The Virgin adoring the Infant Jesus. The Virgin with the Infant Jesus on her knee, St. John kissing his foot, and St. Joseph behind. The Virgin with the Infant Jesus standing on her knee, stretching out His arm to St. Joseph ; half-length figures. The Holy Family, with St. John holding a cross. The Kepose in Egypt, with Angels in the clouds. The Infant Jesus reposing on the globe. St. Joseph, with the Infant Jesus ; half-length. St. Christopher giving his hand to the Infant Jesus. St. Christopher, with the Infant Jesus. Mary Magdalene in the desert ; dated 1656.
BISCAINO, Giovanni Andeea, a native of Genoa, painted landscapes in a bold and spirited style ; but, according to Soprani, the necessity he was imder to paint with despatch, in_ order to support a numerous family, prevented hid bestow- ing that care and attention which would have rendered his works more deserving of our esteem. He died at Genoa, of the plague, in 1657.
BISCARRA, Giovanni, an Italian historical painter, of Turin, flourished in the first half of the 19th century. He died in 1851. His ovn portrait is in the Dffizi at Florence.
BISCHOF, Fbiedeich, who was born at Anspach in 1819, was a painter of genre subjects. 'The First Snow,' by him, is in the Pinakothek at Munich. He died in 1873.
BISCHOP, CoRNELls, a Dutch painter, who was bom at Dordrecht in 1630, was a scholar of Fer- dinand Bol. He painted history and portraits, in the style of his master, but ^-ith very indifferent success. He died in 1674. His son, Abeaham
BiscHOP, was eminent as a painter of birds.
BISET, Karel Emanuel, a Flemish painter, was bom at Mechlin in 1633. It is not said by whom he was instructed, but he went to Paris when he was young, and met with great encouragement, his pictures, which represented gallant assemblies, balls, concerts, and what are called 'conversations,' being adapted to French taste. Nohvithstanding his success, the love of his native country induced him to return to Antwerp, where he was appointed director of the Academy, in 1674. He designed his subjects with taste, but his colour is rather cold and grey. His chief work is a large picture in the Brussels Gallery, fomieriy in the hall of the Archers' Guild at Antwerp, representing ' William Tell preparing to shoot the Apple from the Head of his Son.' A ' Family Group ' by him is in the Museum at Rotterdam. He died at Breda in 1680 (or 1685). His son Jan Baptist Biset was also a painter. . .
BISI, Fra Bonaventdra, called ' Padre Pittonni, was a monk of the order of St. Francis, at Bologna, where he was born in 1612 (or 1610). He had been instructed in drawing when young, byLucio Massari, and was celebrated for his copies_ in miniature from the works of Correggio, Titian, Guido, &c., many of which were in the cabinet of Alfonso IV. of Modena, by whom he was employed. He also etched a few plates after Pannigiano, Guido, &c., and one after his own design of a ' Holy Family, with St. John and St. Elisabeth,' marked F. B. B. F. 1631. He died at Modena in 1662.
BISI, Michele, an Italian engraver and painter, who was born at Genoa about 1788, does honour to the schools of Bartolozzi, Rosaspina, and Longhi. He first distinguished himself by the publication of the ' Pinacoteca del Palazzo Reale delle Scienze e delle Arti di Milano,' in which he was aided by his wife, Ernesta Bisi, who was likewise a pupil of Longhi. In 1819 he undertook a series of engravings from the paintings of Andrea Appiani, in which he was assisted by some of the best scholars of Longhi. His engraving of ' Venus embracing Cupid ' happily expresses the beauty of the original picture. Subsequently appeared ' The Virgin and Infant Christ enthroned, attended by St. Anthony and St. Barbara,' after Luini, which he has treated in a brilliant and delicate manner, preserving the beauty and grace peculiar to the master ; ' Andromeda and Perseus,' after Guercino ; an ' Adoration of the Virgin,' after Sassof errato ; and 'The Offering of the Magi,' after Gaudenzio di Ferrara. He also succeeded as a painter of landscapes.
BISQUERT, Antonio, was a Spanish historical painter, who was bom at Valencia, and a scholar of Ribalta. He established himself at Teruel in 1620, and became renowned as a painter. He was a good colourist and designer, and infused much sentiment into his pictures. He also copied Sebastiano del Piombo's ' Dead Christ in the arms of the Virgin.' He died in 1646.
BISSCHOP, Jan de. See De Bissctop.
BISSET, James, bom in 1760, first practised as a miniature painter at Newmarket. He afterwards went to Birmingham, where he engraved the em- blematic plates to his ' Survey round Birmingham' (1800). In 1814 he published a 'Guide to Leam- ington.' He died there in 1832.
BISSOLO, Pier Francesco, was, it is believed, a native of Treviso, and was brought up in the school of the Bellini at Venice. He flourished from about 1492 to 1530. His paintings are very rare. His works at Murano, and in the cathedral of Treviso, were compared by Lanzi with those of Palma Vecchio.
Berlin, Gallery, Kesurrection of Christ ; Castel-Franco, Floriano. .Altar-piece {signed an<l da(edMDXXVIII): Breccia, Madonna and Saints; London, Benson Coll., Three pictures ; Venice, Academy, Christ exchanging the crown of thorns of St. Catharine of Siena for a crown of gold (signed Fraciscus Bissolo)— /orrosr/y in San Pietro Martire, Murano {generally considered his masterpiece), and three other works.
There are also pictures by him in the Correr Museum, Layard Gallery, and Redentore Church, in Venice.
Francesco Bissolo is thought by Crowe and Cavalcaselle to be possibly identical with Pietro de' Ingannati, the author of a ' Madonna and Child ' in the Berlin Gallery — signed Petrus de Ingan- ATDS P.
BISSONI, Giovanni Battista, was bom at Padua in 1576 ; and, according to Ridolfi, was first a scholar of Francesco Appollodoro, called II Porcia, a portrait painter, and afterwards of Dario Varotari.
Bissoni painted several pictures for the churches
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