Jacques and the Little Savoyards, The Poor Woman, Bernard de St. Pierre at the Village (all water-colours), Paul Veronese's Childhood, Battle of Ivry, The First Ennuis, Louis XIII., Convalescence, Kings, Triumph of Bacchus (1835-1849); Virgin in Tears, Rouen Museum; Children's Tournament (water-colour), triptych (belongs to State).
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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 pension
of the king,
became a member
of the Academy in 1677, adjunct professor
in 1684, and professor in 1692. He received
the favour of Louis XIV., who employed
him to paint the staircase at Versailles,
under the direction of Le Brun. He
also executed frescos in the Church of the
Invalides, in St. Ambroise, and in the Trianon
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 votive
pictures for Notre Dame and decorative
paintings for public buildings. In 1656
he was nominated professor at the Academy.
His daughters, Geneviève (1645-1708) and
Madeleine (1646-1710), were also painters
and members of the Academy.
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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 Vatican
frescos for
the Gobelin tapestry
manufactory.
In 1680,
after visiting
Lombardy and Venice, he returned to
France, and executed many votive and decorative
paintings for Notre Dame and other
public buildings in Paris. In 1681 he became
Academician, 1693 professor, 1717 rector,
and 1722 director of the Academy; the
same year he was decorated with the order
of St. Michael, ennobled in 1724, and appointed
painter to the king in 1725.—Ch.
Blanc, École française.
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 Blavet
(1839); Shoemaker's House in Valley of
Chevreuse; Halt of Hunters at Fontainebleau;
View near Palermo; Danube in Hungary
(water-colour, 1847); Evening in Walachia;
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), born in
Antwerp in 1826. Genre painter; pupil
of the Antwerp Academy, under Wappers;
travelled in Holland, France, Italy, Germany,
Norway, England, and Scotland.
Medals: Hague (1857), Brussels and Rotterdam
(1863), Amsterdam (1868 and 1876),
