A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
ere executed entirely with the graver, in a neat
manner, resembling the style of Jacob de Glieyn,
but inferior in every respect, though not without
considerable merit. We have the following plates
by him :
The Portrait of James I., with the Queen and Prince of Wales. Six, of subjects from the Lives of young Libertines ; C V. Breen f. A "Woman carrying a Basket of Eggs to Market, with a Man with a Basket of Fowls ; after Clans Cock. A Man and Woman walking, followed by a figure of Envy ; after the same. An Ass that is washed recompenses the trouble by kicking and biting ; C. van Mander 2^nx. G. v. Mfeen sc. Two young married Persons dissipating their Dower ; the same. The Companion, representing them reduced to Misery ; the same. A Concert ; after Sbrassen.
BREENBERGH, Bartholomeos, (or Bbeem- BERG,) an eminent Dutch painter, who was known ui France and Italy by the name of Bartolom^, was born at Utrecht about 1620. The name of his instructor has not been recorded, but he studied the works of Poelenburg with great assiduity, and he was ranked among the most promising artists of his country before his departure for Italy, where he lived the greatest part of his life. The environs of Rome are so many living pictures for the con- temptation of the artist ; and the beautiful sites of Albano, Frescati, and Tivoli are naturally the haunts of the intelligent landscape painter. This deliglitful scenery furnished the subjects of his pic- tures, which he decorated with tigures, generally representing some subject of Bible history. There is an elevated style in the arrangement of his works, ajid he seems to have inhaled the taste of Italy with the atmosphere he breathed. In some of his works he imitated Titian and the Carracci. His pictures have nothing of the characteristic vulgarity of his country. His best works are small ; when he attempted a larger scale he was less successful. There is great suavity in his colouring, and his pencil is exquisite and delicate. He was still living in 1663. Of his works, which are seen in many European galleries, we may notice three Land- scapes with Ruins, in the Dulwich Gallery ; six landscapes (some with subjects introduced) in the Louvre ; a 'Monk praying' in the Munich Gallery ; a ' Landscape with Ruins and Cattle ' at Vienna ; and ' Joseph selling Bread during the Famine in Egypt' (signed and dated 1644) in the Dresden Gallery — a good example of his historical pictures. Breenbergh also etched several plates from his own designs with great spirit and intelligence ; they are highly esteemed, and good impressions of them are now scarce. He usually marked his plates with the initials of his name, with an F. for fecit, thus, B. B. F. One of his plates is marked with the cipher T^ We have by him :
Twenty-four of Landscapes, with Buins, Figures, and Animals ; inscribed J'erschiden verfaUeti Gebouden, with his portrait. Another set of twelve ; entitled Antiquities of Some. A Landscape ; marked with the above-mentioned cipher. Joseph delivering Corn in Egypt ; inscribed Erat fames, &c. ; B. B. F.
The Martyrdom of St. Laurence ; same mark BREGEON, Angelica, an ingenious lady, was, according to Basan, the wife of Jean Baptiste Tillart, a French engraver. She executed some plates with the point and graver, among which is a print representing a youth drawing, after Carle van Loo.
BREKELENKAM, QniEi'N, (or Breklinkam, not Brekelencamp, nor Breckelenkamp,) a Dutch painter, was born probably at Swammerdam, near Leyden. He was a scholar of Gerard Dou, though he did not attach himself to the high finishing of that master, but adopted a style formed on a mixture of the manner of Dou with that of Rem- brandt. He was established at Leyden in 1648, in which year he was received into the Guild of St. Luke, and in that city he spent the remainder of his life. He had two wives and nine children. His signed works extend from 1653 to 1609. His pictures represent the interior of Dutch cottages, with figures. There is a very natural expression in the airs of his heads, his touch is light and spirited, and he was well acquainted with the prin- ciples of chiaroscuro. His works are found in the choicest collections in Holland, and are held in considerable estimation in this country. The fol- lowing are some of his principal works: Amsterdam. 3fuseum. Interior. „ „ The Fire Comer. 1664. „ „ The Mouse-trap. 1668. „ Si.v Coll. The Three Ages. Augsbiu-g. Ga'liry. The Coppersmith. 1654. Berhn. Gallery. The Vegetable-seller. 1661. Brunswick. Gallery. Old Woman with Vegetables ; and others. Paris. Louvre. A Monk writing. „ „ The Consultation. Petersburg. Hernntaije. A Hermit. 1660. „ „ The Disappointed Drinker.
BREMDEN, Daniel van, who flourished at the Hague in the first half of the 17th century, was a Dutch engraver of little note. He worked with the graver in a neat but tasteless style. There is a small plate by him of 'Ladies and Gentlemen at an Entertainment,' after De Vlieger ; besides some plates after A. van der Venne, and some portraits.
BRBMOND, Jean FRANgois, a pupil of Ingres and Couder, was born in Paris in 1807. He pro- duced some excellent portraits as well as historical pictures. His death occurred in Paris in 1868 Among his paintings are : Portrait of his Daughter. St. Francis of Assisi. St. Catharine of Alexandria. The Entry of Clirist into Jerusalem. Susannah in the Bath.
BRENDEL, Heinrich Albert, who was oom at Berlin in 1827, studied in tlie academy of his native city, and under Wilhelm Krause. In 1851 he went to Paris, and studied under Couture and Palizzi ; thence to Italy, and home to Berlin in 1853, completing his studies under StefEeck. For the next ten years he resided principally in Paris, and worked in the summer months at Barbisoii, in the forest of Fon- tainebleau, which was also the scene of the labours of Millet, Rousseau, Diaz, Troyon, and other artists; and he continued, till 1869, to visit Barbison in the summer, after he removed in 1865 to Berlin for the winter. In 1868 he was made a member of the Berlin Academy, and in 1876 became Prof essor at the Art School of Weimar. He died in 1878. His first works were sea-pieces, but he afterwards devoted himself to animal painting (more especi- ally horses and sheep), in which he was very suc- cessful. He received medals at various exhibitions
at Paris, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, and Nantes.
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