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BQULLONGNE Jacques and the Little Savoyards, The Poor Woman, Bernard de St. Pierre at the Village (all water-colours), Paul Veronese's Child- hood, Battle of Ivry, The First Ennuis, Louis XIII., Convalescence, Kings, Triumph of Bacchus (1835-1849); Virgin in Tears, Kouen Museum ; Children's Tournament (water-colour), triptych (belongs to State). BOULLONGNE, BON, born in Paris in 1649, died there, May 16, 1717. French school ; history painter ; eldest son and pupil of Louis B.; studied in Rome five years under the pen- sion of the king, became a mem- ber of the Academy in 1C77, adjunct profes- sor in 1G84, and professor in 1692. He re- ceived the favour of Louis XIV., who em- ployed him to paint the staircase at Ver- sailles, under the direction of Le Brun. He also executed frescos in the Church of the Invalides, in St. Ambroise, and hi the Tri- anon and the chapel at Versailles. Works : Annunciation, St. Benedict restoring a Child, Marriage of St. Catherine, Hercules fighting the Centaurs (1677), Juno and Flora, Venus and Loves, Louvre ; Calling of Sons of Zebedee, Dublin Gallery. Villot, Cat. Louvre. BOULLONGNE, LOUIS, the elder, born in Paris in 1609, died there, June 13, 1674. French school ; history painter, pupil of Blanchard; studied afterwards in Rome. On his return to Paris he executed several vo- tive pictures for Notre Dame and decorative paintings for public buildings. In 1656 he was nominated professor at the Academy. His daughters, Genevieve (1645-1708) and Madeleine (1646-1710), were also painters and members of the Academy. BOULLONGNE, LOUIS DE, the younger, born in Paris in 1654, died there, Nov. 20, 1733. French school ; history painter; brother of Bon de B. Obtained the academical prize when eighteen, and went in 1675 to Rome, where he made copies, full-size, of Raphael's Vat- ^ML** PiA' ican frescos for > nKBfc^^'%fccjf ,^ the Gobelin tap- estry manufac- tory. In 1680, after visiting Lonibardy and Venice, he returned to France, and executed many votive and dec- orative paintings for Notre Dame and other public buildings in Paris. In 1681 he be- came Academician, 1693 professor, 1717 rec- tor, and 1722 director of the Academy ; the same year he was decorated with the order of St. Michael, ennobled in 1724, and ap- pointed painter to the king in 1725. Ch. Blanc, Ecole fran<;aise. BOUQUET, MICHEL, born at Lorient, (Morbihan), Oct. 17, 1807. Landscape and marine painter ; pupil of Gudin. Famous as a painter on porcelain. Medals : 3d class, 1839 ; 2d class, 1847, 1848 ; L. of Honour, 1881. Works : Sunset ; View on the Blavct (1839) ; Shoemaker's House in Valley of Chevreuse ; Halt of Hunters at Fontaine- bleau ; View near Palermo ; Danube in Hun- gary (water-colour, 1847) ; Evening hi Wal- achia ; Landscape near the Chevreuse ; Last Leaves of Autumn, Souvenir of Normandy (water-colour, 1848); Cow-Pond in Brittany (on porcelain, 1863) ; Spring and Autumn (porcelain, 1866) ; Old Mill by Moonlight (porcelain, 1877); View on the Seine (1879); Isle of Capri (1882). Larousse. BOURCE, HENRI (JACQUES), bom in Antwerp in 1826. Genre painter ; pupil of the Antwerp Academy, under Wappers ; travelled in Holland, France, Italy, Ger- many, Norway, England, and Scotland. Medals : Hague (1857), Brussels and Rotter- dam (1863), Amsterdam (1868 and 1876), 191