A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
exhibited in the Pantlieon. He afterwards published various series of Landscapes, from sketches
taken in hia travels, as ' Tlie Pas.^es of the Alps,'
' Illustrated Road-Book from London to Naples,'
'Excursions in the Alps,' and 'Murray's Hand-
book for Switzerland.' He last exhibited at the
Royal Acadenay in 1836. He displayed no ordin-
ary talent in the various departments of painting —
historical, landscape, and portrait, which he com-
bined in his practice. He died in London in 1854.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and member
of the Academies of Rome and Florence. His
portrait, by his own hand, is in the Uffizi and a
view of Laodicea, by him, is in the South
Kensington Museum.
BROCKY, Charles, who was born at Banat, in Hungary, in 1808, was the son of a hairdresser, who died whilst his son was still young. To gain a living the youth joined a body of strolling actors. After passing through many vicissitudes, he was at length placed in a free drawing school at Vienna, whence he went to Paris, where he studied at the Louvre. When about thirty years of age he visited London, where he took up his abode. His tirst contribution to the Royal Academy was in 1839, and from that time he exhibited portraits, ideal subjects, and miniatures on ivory somewhat fre- quently ; amongst others a 'Nymph' (in oil) in 1850, and ' Spring,' ' Summer,' ' Autumn,' and 'Winter' in 1852. He died in 1855. A sketch of his life by Norman Wilkinson was published in 1870.
BROECK, B., C, and E. van den See Van DEN BrOECK.
BROECK, Moses Vyt den, or Veit van den. See Uytenbbouck.
BROEDELET, Jan, was a Dutch engraver of mezzotints, who flourished about the year 1700. We have by him ' Cephalus and Prooris,' after Gerard Hoet.
BROEDERLAM, Melchiob, (or Broederlain.) of Ypres, who was 'painter and valet' to Philip the Hardy, was bom at Lille, and flourished about the year 1400. The work which brings this early master into notice is the painting on the wings of an altar-chest carved by Jacques de Baerse for the chapel of the Cartnusians at Dijon ; principal parts are in the Museum of Dijon ; the subjects repre- sented are 'The Annunciation,' 'The Visitation,' 'The Presentation,' and 'The Flight into Egypt.' Broederlam's painting is noticeable for simplicity and purity of character, and beauty of colour.
BHOEN. See De Bboen.
BROEIiS, Gaspar, was a Dutch painter of merry-makings and boorish frolics, into which he introduced much low humour and character. He was a pupil of Jan Baptist van der Meiren, and entered the Guild of St. Luke at Antwerp in 1C94- 95. He died in 1716. In the Dresden Gallery are two pictures, both signed I. Broers.
BROMEIS, AncnST, a landscape painter, who was born at Wilhelmshohe in 1813, first studied in the academy of his native town, then at Munich, from 1831 to 1833, in which year he went to Rome, where he was much influenced by the style of J. A. Koch. Bromeis returned to Germany in 1848, and resided at Frankfort and Dusseldorf , and at Cassel, vvhere he was made Instructor and Professor of Painting at the Academy in 1867. He died at Cassel in 1881. Among his most successful pic- tures, which are landscapes of an ideal character, are:
The Campagna at Rome (in the Town Gallery at Cassel). Italiau Landscape, 1869 (in the National Gallery at Berlin)- The Grave of Archimedes in Sicily. .Stormy Landscape. Forest near Diisseldorf.
BROMLEY, John Chaeles, the second son of William Bromley, was born at Chelsea in 1795 He is known as the engraver in mezzotint of Haj'ter's 'Trial of Lord William Russell,' Leslie's ' Lady Jane Grey refusing the Crown,' Lewis's 'Monks preaching at Seville,' and other important works, including many excellent portraits. He died in 1839. His younger brother, James BEOMLEr, who was likewise a mezzotint engraver, executed several portraits after Hayter, Ross, and other ptdnters. He died in 1838, aged thirty-seven.
BROMLEY, Valentine Walter, who was bom in 1848, received his art education from his father, and at the early age of nineteen became an Asso- ciate of the Institute of Painters in Water-Colours. He frequently acted as art correspondent for the ' Illustrated London News.' He also worked much as a book-illustrator ; amongst other works. Lord Dunraven's ' Great Divide ' was illustrated by him. fie died at Fallows Green, Harpenden, in 1877.
BROMLEY, William, was bora .at Carisbrooke, in the Isle of Wight, in 1769, and was apprenticed to an engraver named Wooding in London, and soon attracted favourable notice. Of his early works the most popular are the prints in ' Maoklin's Bible,' and his engravings of Stothard's designs illustrating the ' History of England.' He en- graved also two of Sir Thomas Lawrence's por- traits of the Duke of Wellington, and one of the young Napoleon. He was elected an associate engraver of the Royal Academy in 1819, and was employed for many years by the trustees of the British Museum in engraving the Elgin marbles after drawings by Corbould. He died in 1842.
BROMPTON, Richard, a portrait painter, was a pupil of Benjamin Wilson. He afterwards went to Italy, and resided some time at Rome, where he received instructions from Raphael Mengs. He was there introduced to the patronage of the Earl of Northampton, and accompanied that nobleman to Venice, when he was appointed ambassador to the republic. At Venice he painted a convers- ation-piece, in which he introduced the portraits of the Duke of York and several EngUsh gentle- men then on their travels. The picture was after- wards exhibited at the rooms in Spring Gardens in 1763, at which time he returned to England, and for some years practised portrait painting. Ex- travagant living brought him to the King's Bench, but he was rescued by the Empress of Russia, at whose request he went to St. Petersburg, where he was appointed portrait painter to the empress, and where he met with much employment. He died in that city in 1782. Among his best works are:
The Prince of Wales in the Robes of the Garter, in 1772 ; mezzotinted by John Saunders. Prince Frederick in the Robes of the Bath ; mezzotinted by John Saunders. The Earl of Chatham. Admiral Saunders ; in Greenwich Hospital.
BRONDGEEST, Albebtus, a Dutch painter, was born at Amsterdam, December 2, 1786. He was a pupil of P. G. van Os and of H. Numan. He travelled in Germany, became a member of the Netherlands Institute and of the Antwerp Academy, and painted many landscapes and
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