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Junker in Frankfort, Best works in Städel Gallery, Frankfort, and Darmstadt Gallery.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 545.


BAGGE, MAGNUS THULSTRUP VON, born at Christiansund, Norway, Aug. 9, 1825. Landscape painter; studied first in Copenhagen under Thorwaldsen, then in Christiania, and in Düsseldorf under Andreas Achenbach, Gude, and Leu; travelled then in Norway, Sweden, Bavaria, and Switzerland, and settled in Berlin. Works: Norwegian Landscapes; Sunset on Bygdin Lake, Norway; Moonrise.—Müller, 22.


BAGLIONE, CESARE, born in Bologna in middle of 16th century, died at Parma in 1612. Bolognese school; decorative painter, rival of Cremonini; excelled in landscape, but painted also history, animals, fruits, and flowers. Frescos in many palaces in Bologna and Parma.—Malvasia, i. 253; Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 546.


BAGLIONE, GIOVANNI, Cavaliere, born in Rome about 1572, died about 1645. Roman school; pupil of Francesco Morelli; employed in many considerable works in Rome under Sextus V., Clement VIII., and Paul V., especially in the Vatican, in S. Giovanni Laterano, and in St. Peter's. But he is best known as the author of Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects in Rome from 1572 to l642.—Lanzi, i. 47O; Ch. Blanc, École ombrienne.


BAGNACAVALLO, BARTOLOMMEO DA, born at Bagnacavallo (Romagna) in 1484, died in Bologna in August, 1542. Real name Bartolommeo Ramenghi. Bolognese school; history painter, pupil of Francesco Francia, but also studied in Rome with Raphael, after whose death he returned to Bologna. He had a considerable reputation, and was employed in decorating many public buildings. Several churches in Bologna possess pictures by him. Among his works are: Circumcision, Louvre; Holy Family and Saints, Bologna Gallery; Madonna in Glory and Saints, Dresden Museum, quite in the style of Dosso Dossi, as are his three Saints in the Berlin Gallery. Bagnacavallo's son, Giovanni Battista, worked at Rome with Vasari and assisted Primaticcio at Fontainebleau.—Ch. Blanc, École ombrienne; Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 175; Burckhardt, 684; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., ii. 375.


BAIÆ, BAY OF, J. M. W. Turner, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 4 ft. 9 in. × 7 ft. 9 in. A beautiful expanse of land and water, almost purely imaginative, with Apollo and the Cumæan Sibyl seated under tall pine trees. Castle of Baiæ seen on right, and Pozzuoli (anc. Puteoli), opposite. Royal Academy, 1823; Turner Collection. Engraved by R. Brandard.—Hamerton, Life; Cat. Nat. Gal.


BAILLET, ERNEST, born at Brest, contemporary. French school; landscape painter, pupil of Saunier and of Pelouse. Medal: 3d class, 1883. Works: Pont-Scorff, Brittany (1883); Market of Lannion, Le Yaudet, Brittany (1884); Old Wash-houses at Vitré (1885).


BAILLU (Bailly), ERNEST JOSEPH, born at Lille, Oct. 17, 1753, died in Ghent, Jan. 21, 1823. Flemish school; history and landscape painter, pupil of Ghent and Antwerp Academies, and in 1775-77 of the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Gold medal, Ghent, 1811. Works: Contempt (1792), Ghent Museum; Œdipus at Colonus (1796), Allegory on Birth of King of Rome (1811), Société royale des Beaux Arts, ib.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, i. 651.


BAILLY, DAVID, born at Leyden in 1584, died after 1661. Dutch school; portrait painter, first instructed by his father, Pieter B., then pupil of Adriaan Verburg, and in Amsterdam, 1602-8, of Cornelis van der Voort; went to Italy, spent some time in