Balestra, Antonio, of Verona, b. 1666, d. about 1734. _Guarienti_; or 1740, _Zanetti_, and _Oretti_, who in his _Memorie_ states the exact day, 21st April. ii. 286, iii. 373, v. 219. Balestrieri, Domenico del Piceno. His painting of 1463, ii. 20. Balestriero, Giuseppe of Messina, d. 1709, aged 77. _Hack._ ii. 411. Ballerino, _see_ Bittonte. Balli, Simone, a Florentine, pupil to Aurelio Lomi. _Soprani._ v. 392. Ballini, Camillo, painted in Venice in the age of the mannerists. _Zanetti._ iii. 271. ---- Cav. Niccolo, Ven., d. 1736, aged 85. _Zanetti._ iii. 353. ---- Gio. and Stefano, his sons. _Zanetti, Guida di Venezia._ iii. 354. Bambini, Jacopo, a Ferrarese, d. young, 1629. _Baruffaldi._ v. 324. Bamboccio, _see_ Laer. Bandiera, Benedetto, of Perugia, lived about 1650. _Orlandi._ Or rather b. 1557, d. 1634. _Pascoli._ ii. 196. Bandinelli, Baccio, a Florentine, b. 1487, d. aged 72. _Vasari._ i. 169. Banier, Luigi, a Frenchman, lived at Turin in 1675. _Della Valle._ v. 475. Barabbino, Simone della Valle di Polcevera in the Genovese, namely of Bernardo Castello. _Soprani._ v. 388. Barbalunga, otherwise Antonio Ricci of Messina, b. 1690, d. 1649. _Pascoli._ ii. 207, 409. Barbarelli, _see_ Giorgione. Barbatelli, _see_ Poccetti. Barbello, Jacopo di Crema, painted in 1646. _Guida di Bergamo._ d. 1656. _Zibaldone Cremasco_ for the year 1795. iii. 337. Barbiani, Gio. Batista, of Ravenna. _See Orlandi._ d. at Ravenna in Sept. 1650. _Oretti, Mem._ v. 199. Barbieri, dell', Domenico, a Florentine, and assistant of Rosso. _Vasari._ i. 209. ---- Alessandro, _see_ Fei. Barbieri, Cav. Gio. Francesco, called Il Guercino da Cento, b. 1590, d. 1666. _Malvasia._ ii. 181, v. 164. ---- Paolo, Antonio, his brother, d. 1649. _Malvasia._ v. 205. ---- Francesco, called Il Legnago, b. 1623, d. at Verona, 1698. _Orlandi._ iii. 373. ---- Pier Antonio, a Pavese, b. 1663, painted in 1704. _Orlandi._ iv. 325. Barca, Cav. Gio. Batista, a Mantuan, flourished at Verona about 1650. _Guarienti._ iii. 324. Bardelli, Alessandro di Pescia, a pupil of Cav. Currado. _MS._ i. 315. Barent, Dieterico, scholar of Titian. _Baldinucci._ iii. 163. Bargone, Giacomo, pupil of Lazzaro Calvi. _Soprani._ v. 375. Barile, Gio., a Florentine, flourished in the time of Raffaello. _Vasari._ i. 196. Barili, Aurelio Parmigiano, painted in 1588. _Affò._ iv. 132. Barocci, (more recently called Baroccio) or Fiore Federigo of Urbino, b. 1528, d. 1612. _Baldinucci._ i. 280, ii. 182. Barocci, Giacomo, da Vignola, d. 1573, aged 66. _Orlandi._ ii. 169. Barri, Giacomo, a Venetian, b. soon after 1630; was living in 1682; no farther account of him. _MS. Melchiori._ iii. 294. Bartoli, Franc. da Reggio, d. 1779. _Tiraboschi._ iv. 70. ---- Pier Santi, of Perugia, d. 1700, aged about 65. _Orlandi._ ii. 281. Bartolini, Gioseffo Maria, of Imola, b. 1657, was living in 1718. _Orlandi._ d. 1725. His tomb-stone at the Carmine in Imola. _Oretti, Memorie._ v. 257.