BEMBO Duke Francesco, then deceased, and his widow in S. Agostino, Cremona. His style was formed after that of Vittore Pisano, and Gentile da Fabriano. C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 438 ; Vasari, ed. Mil, vi. 492 ; Calvi, Pro- fessori in Milano, 84, 95 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole lombarde. BEMBO, GIAN FRANCESCO, called II Vetrajo (the Glazier), died about 152G. Lombard school ; younger brother and pupil of Bonifazio Bembo ; probably studied later in Venice and in Rome. His Epiphany and Presentation in the Temple, painted about 1516, in the Cremona Cathedral, were long ascribed to Bonifazio. Lanzi praises his Madonna and Saints, dated 1524, in S. Pie- tro, Cremona. Lanzi, ii. 427 ; Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 147 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole lombarde ; C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 454. BEMBO, PIETRO, portrait, Titian, Palaz- zo Barberini, Rome ; canvas, life-size, seen to elbows. In the red hat and dress of a cardinal. Painted in 1540. Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 455 ; C. & C., Titian, ii. 28 ; Burck- hardt, 718. BEMBO, PIETRO, portrait, Titian, Nardi Collection, Venice ; canvas, half length. Profile, bearded. Painted about 1537 ; rep- lica of an earlier one, now missing ? Va- sari, ed. Mil., vii. 455 ; C. & C., Titian, i. 418. BEMMEL, PETER VON, born in Nu- remberg, Aug. 18, 1685, died there in 1754. Landscape painter ; German school ; son and pupil, though not an imitator, of Wilhelm von Bemmel (1630-1708). He travelled much, and was held in repute, especially at Wiirzburg and Bamberg. Works : Sunrise, Sunset (Bamberg); three battle pieces, sev- enteen landscapes (Nuremberg) ; twenty landscapes (Wih'zburg). His brother Johanu Georg (1669-1723), also his sons, grandsons, and nephews, were all artists of more or less distinction. Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., iii. 493 ; Fiorillo, iii. 369. BENARD, AUGUSTE SEBASTIEN, born in Paris in 1810. Horse painter ; pu- pil of Granger and of Lafond. Works : In- terior of Stable, Road in Normandy (1859); Stable Interior (1863); Military Funeral, Team Laden with Square Stones (1864); The Carrabas, Wagon of Fishmongers (1865); Military Funeral under Louis XII. (1867). BENARD, HUBERT EUGENE, born at Bologne-sur-Mer, April 29, 1834. Genre and marine painter ; pupil of Claudius Jacquand. Bronze medal, Rouen 1860. Works : Return from Fishing, Around Bou- logne-sur-Mer (1857), Close of Oyster Fish- ing, Environs of Ambleteuse, Morning (Boulogne Museum); After Shipwreck, Ebb- Tide, Unloading of Fishermen's Boats (1859); View of Houses of Parliament, Lon- don (1863); Return from Fishing on Coast of Normandy (1864); Burial of Shipwrecked (1865); Saving on the Sea, Mouth of Thames (1866); Steamship arriving at Boulogne During a Storm (1868); Before the Depart- ure, In the Harbour of Boulogne (1867). Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., iii. 497. BENASCHI (Beinaschi), GIOVANNI BATTISTA, Cavaliere, born in Turin in 1636, died there, Sept. 28, 1688. Pupil of the portrait painter Spirito, in Turin, and of Pietro del P6, in Rome, where he made draw- ings after the frescos of the Carracci. He is said to have visited Modena to study the works of Correggio. His best pictures show graceful action, but the colouring is dull and heavy. The fresco style of Lan- franco had the most lasting influence upon his manner. Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., iii. 497. BENASSAI, GIUSEPPE, born at Reg- gio, Calabria, July 29, 1835, died in Flor- ence, Dec. 5, 1878. Landscape painter ; pupil, in Reggio, of Cavaliere Lavagna, then in Naples of Fergola, but soon returned to Reggio, and in 1857 went to Rome, where he continued his studies independently. After his return home he executed many works, and in 1863 settled in Florence. Visited Egypt in 1869. Works: Torrente di Melito, Souvenir of Lago Maggiore, Feudal Boundaries, Arrogance and Virtue, , The Friendless (1859-63) ; Among Flowers, 136
