Bonaventnra Genelli, a German painter, born in Berlin about 1798, died in Weimar, Nov. 13, 18G8. He studied under his father, who was a landscape painter, and at the academy in Berlin, and during ten years in Italy, chiefly in Rome. He was subsequently employed in classical decorations at Leipsic till 183G, when he' removed to Munich. In 1859 he was invited to Weimar by the grand duke, and spent there the rest of his life. His most famous works are Lot's Entry into Zoar," and aquarels illustrating Aesop, Homer, Apollo, Sappho, Dante, the life of a witch, and the life of a rake. His later works are chiefly oil paintings relating to mythological and classical subjects, upon which he brought to bear a glowing imagination and great ideality. The publication of some of his later paintings was begun in 1870 in a work entitled Satura.-His brother Hans Christian, born in Berlin, Dec. 3, 1823, has published several works relating to the fine arts, and excels as a draughtsman and architect. His son Camillo, who died in 18G7, gave promise of being a good painter; and his daughter Gabriele is a popular actress.