BATTISTA DA SAN DANIELE. See Pellegrino.
BATTLE, Salvator Rosa, Louvre; canvas,
H. 7 ft. 2 in. × 11 ft. 6 in.; signed. A hand-to-hand
conflict of horse and foot, near a
ruined temple on right; on left, massive
rocks and burning vessels. Painted in 1652,
in forty days, by order of Monsignor Corsini,
Papal Nuncio, who presented it to
Louis XIV.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.
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BATTONI (Batoni), POMPEO GIROLAMO,
Cavaliere,
born at Lucca,
Feb. 5, 1708,
died in Rome,
Feb. 4, 1787.
Roman school;
pupil at Lucca
of Domenico
Brugieri and of
Gio. Domenico
Lombardi; went
early to Rome, where he studied under
Conca, Masucci, and Imperiali; soon won
reputation and divided with Raphael Nunzo
the honour of being called the first painter
of his time; but his conceptions were superior
to his power of realization, and his
works are mannered and shallow. Painted
historical pieces and miniatures; but most
noted for his portraits, numbering among
his sitters Popes Benedict IV., Clement XIII.,
and Pius VI., the Emperors Joseph II. and
Leopold II., and many other celebrated personages.
Among his works are: Marriage
of St. Catherine, Quirinal, Rome; Birth of
Christ, Palazzo Corsini, Rome; Achilles,
Uffizi, Florence; Madonna Enthroned, Brera,
Milan; Choice of Hercules, Æneas with
Anchises, Return of Prodigal Son, Turin
Gallery; Madonna, Louvre, Paris; St. John
the Baptist, Magdalen. The Fine Arts, Dresden
Gallery; Portrait of Elector Karl Theodor
(1775), Pinakothek, Munich; Marriage
of Cupid and Psyche (1756), Berlin Museum;
Return of Prodigal Son (1773), Vienna
Museum.—Lanzi, i. 529; Ch. Blanc, École
romaine; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 119.
BAUCK, JEANNA, born in Stockholm,
Sweden, Aug. 18, 1840. Landscape painter,
pupil in Dresden (1863) in figure painting
of Professor Ehrhardt; then in Düsseldorf
in landscape painting of Albert Flamm. In
1866 she settled in Munich, where she studied
under Karl Ludwig, Langko, and Jos.
Brandt. Visited Tyrol, Switzerland, and Venice
almost yearly; lived in Paris in 1879-80,
and then in Munich, where she has a school
of painting for young ladies. Paints chiefly
gloomy forests with dark waters, ruins,
and trees, with great breadth and boldness.
Medal, 1878. Works: Village Street with
Gipsy Band (1878); St. John's Eve (1880).—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii. 128; Müller, 29.
BAUDIT, AMÉDÉE, born in Geneva,
Switzerland, in 1829. Landscape painter,
pupil of François Diday; studio in Bordeaux.
Medals: Paris, 1859, 1861; Geneva, 1861;
Toulouse, 1866; Rochelle, 1866. Works:
Shores of Lake of Geneva, Dent du Midi
(1861); Coast near Terre-Nègre (1866); View
near Cannes (1867); Souvenir of Dieppe,
Les Landes (1867); Storm (1868); Heath of
Begaar, Rainy Day at Biscarosse, Pasture in
the Landes (1875); Before the Storm (1883).—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii, 132.
BAUDOIN, PAUL ALBERT, born at
Rouen; contemporary. Genre painter, pupil
of Gleyre, Delaunay, and Puvis de Chavannes.
Medal, 3d class, 1882. Works:
History of Wheat (1882), frieze for École
Dombasle, Paris; View of St. Pons—Hérault,
Mulberries of Port Junénal—Hérault
(1883); April Morning in Normandy (1884);
Betrothal (1885).
BAUDOIN, PIERRE ANTOINE, born in
Paris, Oct. 17, 1723, died Dec. 15, 1769.
Genre painter, pupil of Boucher, whose
daughter he married; Member of Academy
in 1763. Fond of painting erotic subjects.
Works: Confessional, Fille éconduite, Cueilleur
de Cerises, Petite Idylle galante, Le
Lever, Fille querellée, Force du Sang (1765,
