painter, daughter and pupil, in Stuttgart, of Pieter Francis Peters; visited Holland, Switzerland, Bavaria, and the Tyrol; executed decorations in royal castles at Stuttgart and Friedrichshafen. Medals: Vienna, 1873; London, 1874; Munich, 1876; Amsterdam and Antwerp, 1877. Works: Cat and Upset Flower Pot; Blossoms and Fruits; Autumn Flowers; Magnolias and Glycina; Roses and Grapes, National Gallery, Berlin; Autumn Flowers, Stuttgart Museum. Her sister Petronella (born in Stuttgart, March 4, 1848), pupil of her father, is a successful genre painter.—Jordan (1885), ii. 167; Kunst-Chronik, xx. 349; Müller, 413.
PETERS, PIETER FRANCIS, born at
Nymwegen in 1818. Landscape painter, son
and pupil of the glass painter of same name;
went in 1836 to Germany, and settled in
1845 at Stuttgart, whence he frequently
visited the Tyrol, Switzerland, Italy, and
France. With Herdtle he founded the permanent
Art Exhibition in Stuttgart. Medals:
London, 1872; Order of Michael, 1869.
Works: Drachenstein in the Suabian Alps;
Marble Quarry of Crestola; Mill near Monaco;
View near Nymwegen; Falls near
Laufenburg; Hohenaschau in Upper Bavaria;
Hunter's Lodge in Winter; Granada;
Hornberg; Liebenzell (40 water-colours);
Isle of Meinau (20 do.); Views in Franconia
(15 do.); do. in East Switzerland (10 do.).
PETERSEN, JOHAN ERIK CHRISTIAN,
born in Copenhagen, April 3, 1839,
died in Boston, March 19, 1874. Marine
painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy,
then of Melbye and Dahl; took part in campaign
of 1864, and went to America in
1865.—Kunst-Chronik, ix. 498; Weilbach,
543.
PETERSSEN, EILIF, born in Christiania,
Sept. 4, 1852. History painter, pupil
in Carlsruhe of Riefstahl and Descoudres,
then in Munich of Diez; formed himself
chiefly during travels in Italy and the Netherlands,
and in Paris, and settled in his
native city. Medal, Munich, 1876. Works:
Death of Corfitz Ulfeld; Elizabeth of Sweden
interceding for Torbon Oxe, Hamburg
Gallery; Portrait of a Lady (1878), Christiania
Gallery; Kiss of Judas; Instruction on
the Piano (1879); Corte delle Mende in
Venice (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Müller,
414; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xviii. 769.
PETIT, JEAN LOUIS, born in Paris,
Nov. 30, 1795, died in 1876. History and
marine painter, pupil of Mandevare, Regnault,
and Rémond. Appointed professor
of design in Stanislas College, Paris, in
1831. Medals: 3d class, 1834; 2d class,
1838; 1st class, 1841; L. of Honour, 1864.
Works: Wrecked Bark (1819); Festival of
Diana (1822); Fight between Roland and
Rodomont (1827); Moonlight (1829); Lighthouse
of Honfleur (1831), Valenciennes Museum;
View of the Tarn (1833); Old Gambling-Room
in Toulouse (1834); Port-Bail
near Cherbourg (1834), Boulogne Museum;
Sands of Port-Bail (1834); Rescue (1835);
View of Calais (1836); Fort of Tatihou
(1837); Harbour of St. Waast-La-Hogue
(1837), Grenoble Museum; Harbour of
Cherbourg, and the six French harbours on
the Channel (1838); View of Granville Harbour
(1840), Caen Museum; City and Port
of Saint-Malo (1843), Cambrai Museum;
Harbour of Calais (1857), Boulogne Museum.—Bellier,
ii. 249; Larousse.
PETIT, (FRANÇOIS CHARLES) SAVINIEN,
born at Frémilly (Haute-Marne) in
1815, died in 1878. Religious painter, pupil
of Auguste Hesse. Medals: 3d class,
1844; 2d class, 1855, 1857. Works: Christ
expounding the Scriptures (1840); Fall of
Eve (1841); Descent from Cross (1844);
Institution of the Sacrament (1857); Christ
and the Samaritan Woman (1864).—Bellier,
ii. 248; Larousse.
PETITJEAN, EDMOND, born at Neufchâteau
(Vosges); contemporary. Landscape
and marine painter. Works: Village
near Dordrecht (1875); Canal, ib., The
Moselle near Dieulouard (1876); Pilots'
Stockade in Rough Weather (1877); Village
Mill in Holland (1878); Pier at Vliessingen,
