do. (1), Peterhof; St. Paul in the Desert, Boar Hunt, Triumph of Psyche, and others, Uffizi, Florence; Christ on Calvary, Diana and Callisto, three others, Palazzo Doria, Rome; Baptism of Christ, St. Cecilia, Naples Museum. Others in Milan, Mentz, and Stockholm.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, iii. 56; Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Fétis, Les Artistes belges à l'étranger, i. 143; Michiels, vi. 156; Rooses (Reber), 117.
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BRILLOUIN, LOUIS GEORGES, born at St. Jean d'Angely, April 22, 1817. Figure painter; pupil of Drölling, and of Cabat. Medals in 1865, 1869, and 1874. Works: Rubens' Studio, Characters from Victor Hugo's Poems (1847); Sermon in Provence, Visit of the Amateurs, Profession of Arms (1857); Rembrandt in his Studio, Messire Josué's Pew in Church, Amateurs visiting, Page amusing Himself (1859); Artist in Camp, W. H. Vanderbilt, New York; Musical Party (1861); Medicine, Meditation, Backgammon (1863); Playing Games, The Huntsman (1865); The Outpost, Officers making a Reconnoissance, The Gazette, The Host's Portrait, The Patrol (1867); Lantara's Quota, Callot in his Youth (1868); Letter of Recommendation, Book Peddler, Bibliomaniac, Man-at-Arms (1869); The Prince's Education, The Equipment (1870); Rural Scene, A Captain (1872); Gossip (1873); George Dandin's Wedding, Lindor Moor and the Marsh (1874); Old Papers, Old Pipe, Mandolinata (1875); Profession of the Younger Son, Antechamber (1876); Hunting for Recruits, Bouquet to Chloe (1877); Morning on the Meadows, Storm and Rain in the Marshes (1879); Peasants Resting, Singing Songs (1880); Family of a Condemned Man waiting for last Farewell (1881); Woods of Bourboule, Evening on the Plain of Saintonge (1882); His Highness in the Trenches, The Commune of Piépouzin (1883).—Vapereau (1880), 305.
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BRION, GUSTAVE, born at Rothau, Alsace,
Oct. 24,
1824, died in
Paris, Nov. 4,
1877. Genre
painter, pupil
of Gabriel Guérin
in Strasburg.
Painted Alsatian
life with much
success. Medals:
2d class,
1853-59-61-67;
1st class, 1863; medal of honour, 1868;
L. of Honour, 1863; Order of Leopold of
Belgium. Works: Alsatian Interior (1847);
Tow-Path (1852); Wood Cutters of the Black
Forest, Potato Crop in Alsace; Alsatians
Threshing (1853); Bretons at the Door of a
Church during Mass, Funeral on the Rhine
(1859); Siege of a Town by the Romans, Alsatian
Wedding, Wedding Feast, Battery of
Military Machines (1861), bought by Emperor;
Jesus walking on the Sea; Pilgrims of
St. Odile (1863), Luxembourg Museum; End
of the Deluge, Wolf-Hunting in Spain (1864);
The King's Day (1865); Reading the Bible
(1867); Funeral in Venice (1868); Dance of
the Cock (1872); Alsatian Wedding (1874);
Day of Baptism (1875); First Steps (1876);
Awakening the Pilgrims to Saint Odile (1877).
Works in United States: Alsatian Christening,
Leaving Church, Miss C. L. Wolfe, New
York; Bouquet, R. C. Taft, Providence; Brittany
Peasants at Prayer, J. W. Garrett, Baltimore;
Alsatian Peasant Girl, J. Carey Coale,
Baltimore; Invasion, C. Parson, St. Louis;
Marriage in Alsace, Alex.
Brown, Philadelphia; Charcoal
Furnace, R. L. Stuart,
New York; Decking the Village
Crucifix, J. Hoey, New
York; do., Israel Corse, New York.—Meyer,
Gesch., 702; Montrosier, Artistes modernes.
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BRISPOT, HENRI, born at Beauvais; contemporary. Genre and portrait painter,
