Fenton (1870), City of New York; Robert Browning; Charlotte Cushman; General Grant (1880); Colonel Robert G. Shaw, Thomas Le Clear (1883); Hiram Powers (painted in Florence about 1848), Charles Sumner (left unfinished at the death of that statesman), exhibited at the National Academy, 1884; Mrs. Andrews Norton, Professor Norton, Cambridge.
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PAGGI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, born in
Genoa in 1554, died
there, March 16, 1627.
Genoese school; of noble
birth and excellent
education; pupil of Luca
Cambiaso; was a
rising painter, when a
homicide compelled
his flight to Florence,
where he resided twenty
years and won reputation.
In 1600 he was invited to return to
Genoa, and executed there many works in
churches and public buildings. Among his
works in Genoa are: Adoration of the Shepherds,
S. Pietro in Banchi; Annunciation,
Duomo; St. Jerome, S. Francesco; Jesus
and Saints, Modonetta; Conception, St.
Francis, Cappuccini; Assumption
of the Virgin, SS. Giacomo
and Filippo. Other works
in galleries: Repose in Egypt,
Palazzo Pitti, Florence; do.,
National Gallery, Edinburgh; Moses striking
the Rock, Schleissheim Gallery.—Lanzi,
iii. 251; Ch. Blanc, École génoise; Burckhardt,
768; Lavice, 67, 84.
PAGLIANO, ELEUTERIO, born at Casal
Monferrato in 1826. History and genre
painter, pupil of Milan Academy; took part
in campaigns of 1848-49, and afterwards
had much success with battle scenes and
historical genre pieces. Professor at Milan
Academy; Member of Berlin Academy.
Medals: Vienna; Paris, 3d class, 1867; 2d
class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1878; Orders of
Maurice and Lazarus, and of Leopold; Officer,
Order of Italian Crown; Commander,
Order of Medjidieh. Works: Skirmish
near Cemetery of Magenta; Bayard's Recovery;
Lute-Player; Girl Knitting; Aldobrani
refusing to Dance with Maramoldi;
Ambuscade; Optician; Examining the Legacy,
J. J. Astor, New York; Napoleon disclosing
to Josephine the Plan of Divorce,
Ladies at Antiquary's; Origin of the Compagnia
della Misericordia in Florence; Young
Woman smelling a Rose, Fondazione Poldi-Pezzoli,
Milan; St. Louis of Gonzaga in
Prayer, Allegory on Commerce of Venice, Museo
Civico, Turin. Fresco: Africa, Vittorio
Emanuele Gallery, Milan.—L'Art (1878), iii.
221; Müller, 405; L'Illustrazione italiana
(1879), No. 9; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xviii. 745.
PAGNEST, (AMABLE) LOUIS
CLAUDE, born in Paris, June 9, 1790, died
there, May 25, 1819. Portrait painter, pupil
of David. His few portraits were painted
with a mirror-like fidelity to detail and minute
finish. Portrait of H. de Nanteuil-Lanorville
(1817); do. of Général de Salle,
Louvre.—Ch. Blanc, École française; Villot,
Cat. Louvre; Lejeune, Guide, iii. 197; L'Art
(1882), i. 178, 197, 218, 241; ii. 3.
PAINTING, INVENTION OF (Erfindung
der Malerei), Eduard Daege, National Gallery,
Berlin; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. × 4 ft.
5 in.; signed, dated 1832. A nude Greek
youth seated by a well, with a short sword
lying across his knees, his left arm around
a maiden, who, her right knee upon the seat,
is tracing his profile upon the wall, while
holding his chin with the other hand; on
the ground a helmet and a clay vessel; in
background, a grove.—Jordan (1885), i. 145.
PALAMEDESZ, ANTONIS (Anthoni),
surnamed Stevaerts, born at Delft about
1601, died there in Dec., 1673, or in Jan.,
1674. Dutch school; genre and portrait painter,
son of Palamedes Stevaerts, also a painter;
formed himself under influence of Mierevelt
and Frans Hals; entered guild of Delft
in 1621. His friendship with Van Deelen,
for whose architectural pieces he painted figures,
probably brought him in contact with
Dirk Hals, whose style he imitated in his
