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Salon of 1767); Le Coucher de la Mariée, Sentiment de L'Amour, Chaumière, Eight Miniatures with Life of the Virgin (1767); Modéle honnête, Diana and Actæon; Épouse indiscrete, Sentinelle en défaut, Énlèvement, Jardinière gallant, Chemin de la Fortune, Rose and Colas (1769).—Ch. Blanc, École française; Goncourt, ii. 520; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 132; Wurzbach, Mal. d. xviii. J., 34.



BAUDRY, PAUL (JACQUES AIMÉE), born at La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, Nov. 7, 1828. History and portrait painter, pupil at La Roche of Sartoris and in Paris of Drolling. Won the grand prix de Rome in 1850 by his Zenobia Discovered on the Banks of the Araxes. Exhibited first in Salon in 1857. Medals: 1st class, 1857, 1861, 1881; L. of Honour, 1861; Officer, 1869; Commander, 1875; Member of Institute, 1870. He has executed important decorative works, the most celebrated being those in the foyer of the New Opera House in Paris (1866-74). Has also painted many portraits. Works: St. John, Fortune and the Child (1857), Luxembourg Museum; Execution of a Vestal (1857), Lille Museum; Leda (1857); Penitent Magdalen, Toilet of Venus, Guillemette (1859); Charlotte Corday (1861), Nantes Museum; Amphitrite (1861); Pearl and Wave (1863); Diana (1865); Glorification of Law (1881); Truth (1882). Among his portraits are: Guizot (1861); Charles Garnier (1869); Edmond About (1872); Gen. de Montauban (1877).—Larousse; Meyer, Gesch., 595; do., Künst. Lex., iii. 137.


BAUERLE, KARL (WILHELM FRIEDRICH), born at Endersbach, Würtemberg, June 5, 1831. Genre and portrait painter; came to America in 1836, returned to Germany in 1859, and became pupil of the art school in Stuttgart under Rustige. In 1863 he studied in Munich under Piloty, and in 1864 went to Italy. After his return he acquired great reputation at Stuttgart by his portraits; went in 1869 to England, where he painted several members of the royal family and of the aristocracy. Works: Portraits of Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Group of their Children, Prince Arthur, Children of Prince of Wales; The Orphans (1867), Stuttgart Gallery; Female Letter Carrier, Little Barefoot, Spring, The Nursery, Attempts at Art.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 143; Müller, 30.


BAUGIN, LUBIN, born at Pithiviers, Loiret, France, about 1610, died in Paris, July 11, 1663. History painter, imitator of Guido Reni, whence called Little Guido. Works: Holy Family, Louvre; Madonna, Nancy Museum; Holy Family, Dijon Museum; Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew, Rouen Museum; Magdalen Consoled by Angels, Gregory the Great, Orléans Museum; St. Sebastian, S. Sépulchre; Adoration of Angels, St. Lazare; six pictures in Notre Dame, Paris.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 145.


BAUGNIET, CHARLES, born in Brussels in 1814. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of J. Paelinck and M. F. Willems. Lives at Sèvres. First became known by a collection of three hundred lithographed portraits of distinguished persons. After spending several years in England, settled in Paris and devoted himself to painting. Member of Ghent Academy in 1836. Appointed designer to the King of Belgium, 1841; Order of Leopold, 1843, Officer 1872; Order of Isabel Catholic of Spain; of Branche-Ernstein of Saxony; of Christ of Portugal. Works: Sister of Charity, Repentance, First-Born, Sailor's Return, Beau Telling a Story, The Eldest Daughter (1863); Elder Sister's Return (1864); Visiting the Widow, Troubled Conscience (1865), Godmother's Visit (1866); Departure of the Bride (1869); Embarrassing Answer, Godmother, Good Adventure (1870); Burning of Chicago (1871);