Page:Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, 1887, vol 3.djvu/505

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PLOUGH School in 1866-69. Gold medal, Berlin, 1858. Works : Mary and John returning from Christ's Tomb, Lowenstein Gallery, Moscow ; Christ and the Adulteress, Mater Dolorosa (1860), Leipsic Museum ; Contest of Archangel Michael and Satan (1801-GG), Cologne Museum ; Exposure of Moses ; Finding of Moses ; Kesurrection (18C7), Marienwerder Cathedral ; Christ's Farewell of his Mother, Christ's Walk to Emmaus, H. L. Dousman, St. Louis ; Christ appear- ing to Mary Magdalen ; Portraits of Em- peror William and Empress Augusta (187G), National Gallery, Berlin ; Guardian Angel, Gift from Heaven (Jubilee Exhibition, Ber- lin, 1886). Illustr. Zeitg. (1875), i. 453 ; (1877), i. 263; Jordan (1885), ii. ; Laud und Meer (1868), ii. 525 ; Miiller, 421 ; Rosen- berg, Berl. Malersch., 223 ; Zeitschr. f. b. K., iii. 36 ; vi. 106. PLOUGH, THE, Frederick WaWn; Messrs. Aguew, London. A man plough- ing, with a boy helping him with the horses ; a sunset sky with the moou rising, and in background an immense granitic quarry- face. Eoyal Academy, 1870 ; Walker Ex- hibition, 1875, after the painter's death ; exhibited at Agnew Gallery, London, 188(i. PLOUGHING IN NIEVRE (Labourage nivernais), Rosa Bonheur, Luxembourg Mu- seum ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 4 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. Two teams of six oxen each ploughing in an open field, with a wooded hill in the background at left. Time, evening. Salon, 1849. PLUDDEMANN, HERMANN (FREI- HOLD), born at Kolberg, July 17, 1809, died in Dresden, June 24, 1868. History painter, first instructed in Magdeburg by Sieg, then pupil in Berlin of Begas, and (1831-37) of Diisseldorf Academy under Schadow ; lived at Diisseldorf until 1848, when he removed to Dresden ; treated chief- ly subjects from mediseval history, saga and poetry in the spirit of the romanticists. Well known as illustrator of several popu- lar works. Works : Loreley (1833) ; Death of Roland at Roncesvalles (1834) ; Columbus discovering Land (1836), National Gallery, Berlin ; Death of Columbus (1840) ; Entry of Columbus into Barcelona (1842) ; Colum- bus at La Rubida (1845) ; Finding of Bar- j barossa's Body (1846) ; Columbus in Chains landing at Cadiz (1848) ; Landgrave Lud- wig the Iron of Thuringia (1849) ; Crusa- ders at a Well (1850) ; Columbus disputing with the Junta at Salamanca (1856) ; Barba- j rossa as Umpire at Besam;ou (I860), Dres- den Gallery ; Prince Henry and Falstaff (1860) ; Couradiu 011 the Scaffold, Stettin Museum ; Emperor Henry TV. at Canossa (1863) ; Wallenstein and Seui. In fresco : Finding of Barbarossa's Body (1841), Castle Heltorf ; Scenes from Medieval Life (1843), Town Hall, Elberfeld. Andresen, iv. 228 ; Blanckarts, 13; Wolfg. Miiller, Diisseldf. K., 83 ; Riegel, D. Kuust-stud., 424 ; Wieg- mann, 149. PLUMB, HENRY G., born at Sherburne, N. Y., in 1847. Genre painter, pupil of National Academy, New York, and of Kcole des Beaux Arts, Paris ; also studied under Gi'roino and Yvon, remaining four years in Europe. Exhibited first in 1878 at Paris Salon. Studio in New York. Works : A votre santo (1879) ; A Smile for the Old Gentleman, Pet Canary (1880) ; Going Halves, Tropical Birds (1881) ; Comfortable Berth, First Ride (1882) ; Fresh from the Well, Pull for the Shore (1883;. Water- colour : Comiu' thro' the Rye, T. B. Clarke, New York. POCAHONTAS, BAPTISM OF, John G. Chapman, rotunda of Capitol, Washington ; canvas, H. 12 ft, X 18 ft. Baptism of Poca- hontas, daughter of Powhatan, before her marriage to John Rolfe, at Jamestown, Vir- ginia, April, 1613. Painted in 18 for $10,000. Engraved on back of $20 United States national bank notes. POCCETTI, BERNARDINO, born in Florence in 1548, died there, Nov. 9, 1612. Florentine school ; real name Bernardino Barbatelli ; pupil of Michele di Ridolfo, but afterwards studied works of Raphael and other masters in Rome. He was a success-