PIENEMAN Museum, Amsterdam ; Portrait of Carel Jo- seph Fodor, Fodor Museum, ib. ; Deathbed of William of Orange, August Belrnont, New York. Immerzeel, ii. 30-4 ; Kramm, v 1279 ; D. Kuustbl. (1853), 157 ; Nagler, xi. 285 ; Schotel, Biog. Woordenboek der Nederlau- den. PIENEMAN, NICOLAAS, born at Amers- foort, Jan. 1, 1810, died at Amsterdam, Dec. 29, 18GO. His- tory and portrait painter, son and pu- pil of preceding, and one of the best Dutch artists of modern times ; skilful group- ing, powerful colour- ing, and a happy distribution of light and shade make his historical paintings very effective. Visited England, France, Germany, and Belgium. Member of Amsterdam Academy. Order of Lion, 18-44 ; L. of Honour, 1855 ; Com- mander Order of Oaken Crown. "Works : Archimedes murdered at Syracuse (1830) ; Death of Admiral Ruyter (1834) ; Peter the Great at Zaandam (1834); Magdalena Meus entreating Valdes, her Betrothed, to raise Siege of Leydeu (1835); Sentence of Olden- barneveld (1835) ; Jacobca of Bavaria and her Ladies (1830); Prince Willem I. wound- ed at Antwerp (1838) ; Prince Maurice an- nouncing to States General that he will besiege Dunkirk (1838); Prince Willem I. nursed by Charlotte of Bourbon (1840) ; Homage to King Willem II. at Amsterdam in 1840 (1841), Portrait of Jan Willem Pieneman, Museum, Amsterdam ; do. of King Willem III., Child's Head, Museum Fodor, ib. ; Portrait of King Willem HI., Rotterdam Museum ; An Arab, Stuttgart Museum. Immerzeel, ii. 308 ; Kramm, v. 1281 ; vii. 118 ; Nederl. Kunstblad (1844), No. 4G ; Schotel, Biog. Woordenboek der Nederlanden. PIERO DI COSIMO. See Coximo. PIEUO DI LOliENZO. See Cosimo. PIERRE, JEAN BAPTISTE MARIE, born in Paris in 1713, died in Paris, May 15, 1789. French school ; history painter, pupil of Natoire and of De- broq ; won grand prix de Rome in 1734. Member of Academy, 1742 ; assistant professor, 1744 ; professor, 1748 ; assistant rector, 1768 ; director, 1770 ; painter to the Due d'Orloans, and succeeded Coypel as painter to the king ; superintendent of the Gobelins. Works : Beheading of John Bap- tist, Aglaurus changed into Stone, Louvre ; Diomed killed by Hercules (1742); St. Peter healing the Lame Man, Death of Herod, St. Germain des Pres, Paris ; St. Francis, St. Sulpice, ib. ; The Cupola of St. Roch, ib.; Andromeda carried to the Boat, Aix Muse- um ; Martyrdom of St. Stephen, Marseilles Museum ; Hercules overcoming Diomed (1742), Montpellier Museum ; Birth of the Virgin, Presentation of the Virgin, Grand Seminary, Orleans ; The Boy Christ with his Parents returning from Jerusalem, Basle Muse u m ; ^ >. Bacchus, f J Prometheus, C a r 1 s r u h e Gallery. Bellier, ii. 269;Jal,968; Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Ch. Blanc, J5cole frangaise ; Biog. universelle ; Lejeune, Guide, i. 245 ; iii. 207. PIERSON, CHRISTOFFEL, born at The Hague, May 19, 1631, died at Gouda, Aug. 11, 1714. Dutch school ; painted still- life, drinking-vessels, and eatables with much skill, though in a somewhat heavy brown tone. Works : Implements of the Chase, Haarlem Museum ; Still Life (assigned to Willem Gabron ?), Darmstadt Museum ; do. (?), Leipsic Museum. Bode, Studien, 224; C6, W.B.R 440
