- emy at Parma, he became cabinet painter to
Cardinal Auersperg, prince bishop of Passau, and in 1800 director of the newly founded Academy at Prague. He painted a considerable number of altarpieces for churches in Bavaria and Austria, and several episodes from German and Bohemian history, notably Hermann and Thusnelda, in the Prague Gallery; Libussa as Mediator, Sentence of Duke Spitignev II., Rescue by Bohemian Knights of Charles IV. at Pisa.—Allgem. d. Biogr. ii. 390; Würzbach, i. 309.
BERJON, ANTOINE, born in Lyons,
May 17, 1753, died there in Nov., 1843.
Flower and still-life painter, exhibited first
in 1791. Medal, 2d class, 1819. Works:
Wedding Present (1797); Shells and Corals,
A Hare, A Rooster (1810); Flowers and
Fruit in Baskets, Grapes, Peonies, Bouquet
(1813); Fruitpiece, Dessert (1836); Poppies
(1823); Artist's Miniature Portrait (1818),
all in Lyons Museum.—Meyer, Künst. Lex.,
iii. 622.
BERK HEYDE. See Berck-Heyde.
BERNA. See Barna.
BERNAERTS (Bernaerd), NICASIUS,
born at Antwerp in 1620, died in Paris,
Sept. 16, 1678. Flemish school; animal
and still-life painter; pupil of Frans Snyders,
1633-34, then went to Italy and settled
in Paris, where he was among the most
esteemed Flemish painters; after a few
years he went to Antwerp, was received
master of St. Luke's Guild in 1654, but
soon returned to Paris, where he became
member of the Academy in 1663. His
piece of reception was an historical picture—Chastity
of Joseph. In France known almost
exclusively under the name of Nicasius.
Works: Birds, Birds and Quadrupeds,
Louvre, Paris; Animals in a Landscape,
Rouen Museum; Fight between Cat and
Dog, Dijon Museum.—Biog. nat. de Belgique,
ii. 270; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 631;
Michiels, ix. 76, 288; Rooses (Reber), 425.
BERNARD, ST., VISION OF, Murillo,
Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 10 ft. 3 in. ×
8 ft. 2 in. The Saint in habit of Cistercian
Order, kneeling in his cell, beholds the Virgin,
on clouds in a glory of cherubs and
heads, bearing Jesus on her arm; with her
right hand she presses from her breast a
stream of milk, which falls on the Saint's
lips; at left, before a case of books, is a
table with books, writing materials, and
lilies; on floor, in foreground, other books
and the pastoral staff. Second manner;
from Palace of S. Ildefonso. Engraved by
F. Muntaner, J. Bromley; etched by A.
Jameson, C. Alabern.—Curtis, 220; Madrazo,
475.
BERNARDINO DI BETTI. See Pinturicchio.
BERNARDINO DA COTIGNOLA. See
Zaganelli, Francesco.
BERNARDO DE FLORENTIA. See
Daddi, Bernardo.
BERNATZ, JOHANN MARTIN, born at
Speyer, March 22, 1802, died in Munich,
Dec. 19, 1878. Landscape and architecture
painter; pupil at Vienna Academy in 1821,
and again in 1827-29, meanwhile of Keller-*hofen
at Speyer; went to Munich in 1829,
visited Constantinople, Asia Minor, and
Egypt in 1836-37, Calcutta and Abyssinia
in 1840-43, and published, in 1852, an extensive
work under the title: Scenes in
Ethiopia. Works: Kloster Maulbronn,
Speyer Cathedral, Cycle of Water Colours
(1858); Rori River in Highlands of Schoa,
Nubian Salt Lakes (1871); Church in Monastery
on Mount Sinai (1871 and 1877);
Court of Suleiman Mosque at Constantinople
(1874); View of Suleiman Mosque (1878).—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii. 650; Kunst-Chronik,
xiv. 227.
BERNAZZANO, CESARE, of Milan,
flourished beginning of 16th century.
Lombard school; probably pupil of Leonardo
da Vinci. Painted landscapes, fruits,
flowers, and birds, sometimes in collaboration
with Cesare da Sesto, who added the
figures in his landscapes. Bernazzano
painted the fine landscape background to
Cesare's Baptism of Christ, Casa Scotti Gal-
