A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
and German scnools of the time. He died at
Toledo in 1533.
BORLUYT, GuiLLlAnMR, who was a burgher of the city of Ghent in 1557, designed a series of plates, illustrating Ovid, which were engraved by the Little Bernard (Bernard Salomon).
BORRAS, Francisco Nicolas, a Spanish historical painter, was born at Cocentayna in 1530, and studied under Vincento Joanes at Valencia. He painted the great altar-piece of the monastery of St. Jerome at Ghent, and required for pay- ment to be admitted as one of the order, which was gladly conceded to him. He painted an astonish- ing number of pictures for this immense establish- ment, devoting the greater part of his life to the purpose of decorating it. Some of his pictures were also at Cocentayna, at Ontiniente, at the Escorial, at Aldaya, and Valencia. He led an ex- emplary life, and died at the age of 80. A cata- logue of his principal works may be seen in Cean Bermudez.
BORREKENS, Jan Pieter FRANS,(or Borekens,) who was born ,at Antwerp in 1747, painted land- scapes, many of which are ornamented with cattle and figures by Ommeganck and other masters. He died at Antwerp in 1827.
BORREKENS, Matthvs, a Flemish engraver, was born at Antwerp about the year 1615. He was chiefly employed in copying the plates of the eminent engravers, particularly Bolswert, and some others, for Martin van den Enden, and other print- sellers. He worked entirely with the graver, and appears to have imitated, though without nmch success, the style of Pontius. We have also some original plates by him of portraits and other sub- jects. His principal prints are as follow :
Christ bound, and kneeling, with two Angels holding the instruments of the Passion ; The Good Shepherd : after IHti^enbeeck. Augustus Carpzon, Plenipoteutiary of the Duke of Saxony at the treaty of Osnaburg ; Gerard Schepeler, another Plenipotentiary at that treaty ; after Ans. van Halle. 1649. The Immaculate Conception ; St. Francis Xavier, on a white ground ; St. Ignatius ; Rubens pinx. ; Jf. van den Enden exe. St. Barbara, with a Tower on her Htad ; Rubens pinx.; Mat. Boreckens sc. ; scarce. The Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary, Magdalene, and St. John; Ant. van Dyck pinx. ; Eras. Quellinus del.
BORRONI, Cavaliere Giovanni Angelo, was born at Cremona in 1684, and was a scholar of Angelo Massarotti, and afterwards of Robert Le Longe. On leaving those masters he was taken under the protection of the noble family of Crivelli, and was employed some years in ornamenting their palace. He afterwards painted several pictures for the churches at Cremona and Milan, particularly in the latter city. In the cathedral at Milan be painted St. Benedict ia the act of interceding for the city. In the Pinaooteca of that city is a portrait of a man by him. He died at Mihin in 1772.
BORSATO, Giuseppe, who was born at Venice in 1771, painted interiors of churches — sometimes in the manner of Canaletto. In the Belvedere, Vienua, there is an ' Interior of St. Mark's, Venice,' by him. He died in his native city in 1849.
BORSSOM, Abraham van, (Borssdm, Bor^sem or BoRESUM,) painted landscapes, views of cities, animals, and birds. He is supposed to be the son of a painter, Antoon van Boissum. Little is known of his life : he was born in Holland in the second half of the 17th century, and studied under Rembrandt towards the close of that artist's career. A painting of ' Cattle in a Pool ' in the Dulwich Gallery is said to be by him, and a picture of still-life in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, is also attributed to him. His colouring and chiaroscuro bear a resemblance to Rembrandt's. His drawings are fine, and highly estimated in Holland.
BORSSUM, Adam van, lived in 1666. He painted landscapes and animals, and imitated A. van der Meer and Paul Potter. His colouring is natural, and his pencilling firm, yet free and spirited.
BORUM, Andreas, who was born at Hamburg in 1799, studied painting in the Academy at Munich, and then devoted himself to lithography, in which he was very successful. He died at Munich in 1863. The following are his principal plates ; The Coliseum ; after Rottmann. Milan Cathedral ; after 3Jii/ltara. Sea piece ; after Adriaan van de Velde. Views on the Rhine.
BORZONE, Luciano, was born at Genoa in 1590, and was a scholar of Filippo Bertolotto, his uncle, and of C. Corte. He painted history and portraits, but particularly excelled in the latter. In the church of San Domenico at Genoa is a picture by Borzone of ' The Presentation in the Temple,' and in Santo Spirito 'The Baptism of Christ.' While he was painting the ceiling of the Chicsa della Nunziata at Genoa befell from the scaffolding, and was killed, in the year 1645. He etclied some plates :
Portrait of Giustiniani. St. Peter delivered from Prison. Prometheus devoured by the Vulture. Children playing. A set of devout subjects. Luciano Borzone had three sons : Giovanni Bat- TiSTA, who died in 1656, and Carlo, who died in 1657, completed several paintings begun by their father ; Maria Francesco, the third son, excelled in painting landscapes and sea-pieces in the style of Claude Lorrain and Gaspard Poussin, and came to be employed at the court of Louis XIV. He was born in 1625, and died in 1679.
BOS, Balthazar, a Flemish engraver, flourished about the year 1520. He engraved a middle-sized plate, lengthways, representing ' The Judgment of Paris,' which is probably from his own design, as he adds the word fecit to his name.
BOS, Cornelis. See Bosch,
BOS, Gaspab See Van den Bos.
BOS, Jerom. See Aeken, Hieronymus van.
BOS, Lodewijk, was born at Bois-le-Duc about the year 1450. He painted flowers, fruit, and plants, which he finished in an extraordinarily polished manner. The insects on the plants are curiously drawn, and painted with surprising pre- cision. He also painted small portraits in the same laboured style. He died in 1507.
BOS, M.ARIE R. DU. See Du Bo8.
BOSBOO.M, Johannes, Dutch painter, born at tlie Hague on the 18th of Februarj', 1817. He studied in the studio of B. J. Van Bree, and became well known for his town views and church interiors. One must especially mention bis 'Tomb of the Count of Nassau at Breda ' and ' The great Protestant Church at Amsterdam,' belonging to the King of Bavaria. He gained a third-class medal at the Universal Exhibition at Paris in 1855, and also exhibited in those of 1867, 1878, and 1889,
obtaining, amongst others, a silver medal. Ke
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