Museum, Amsterdam; Portrait of Carel Joseph Fodor, Fodor Museum, ib.; Deathbed of William of Orange, August Belmont, New York.—Immerzeel, ii. 304; Kramm, v 1279; D. Kunstbl. (1853), 157; Nagler, xi. 285; Schotel, Biog. Woordenboek der Nederlanden.
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PIENEMAN, NICOLAAS, born at Amersfoort,
Jan. 1, 1810,
died at Amsterdam,
Dec. 29, 1860. History
and portrait
painter, son and pupil
of preceding, and
one of the best Dutch
artists of modern
times; skilful grouping,
powerful colouring,
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, 1844; L. of Honour, 1855; Commander
Order of Oaken Crown. Works:
Archimedes murdered at Syracuse (1830);
Death of Admiral Ruyter (1834); Peter the
Great at Zaandam (1834); Magdalena Mens
entreating Valdes, her Betrothed, to raise
Siege of Leyden (1835); Sentence of Oldenbarneveld
(1835); Jacobea of Bavaria and
her Ladies (1836); Prince Willem I. wounded
at Antwerp (1838); Prince Maurice announcing
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 III.,
Rotterdam Museum; An Arab, Stuttgart
Museum.—Immerzeel, ii. 308; Kramm, v.
1281; vii. 118; Nederl. Kunstblad (1844),
No. 46; Schotel, Biog. Woordenboek der
Nederlanden.
PIERO DI COSIMO. See Cosimo.
PIERO DI LORENZO. See Cosimo.
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PIERRE, JEAN BAPTISTE MARIE,
born in Paris in 1713, died in Paris, May 15,
1789. French
school; history
painter, pupil of
Natoire and of Debroq;
won grand
prix de Rome in
1734. Member of
Academy, 1742;
assistant professor,
1744; professor,
1748; assistant
rector, 1768; director, 1770; painter to the
Duc d'Orléans, and succeeded Coypel as
painter to the king; superintendent of the
Gobelins. Works: Beheading of John Baptist,
Aglaurus changed into Stone, Louvre;
Diomed killed by Hercules (1742); St. Peter
healing the Lame Man, Death of Herod, St.
Germain des Prés, Paris; St. Francis, St.
Sulpice, ib.; The Cupola of St. Roch, ib.;
Andromeda carried to the Boat, Aix Museum;
Martyrdom of St. Stephen, Marseilles
Museum; Hercules overcoming Diomed
(1742), Montpellier Museum; Birth of the
Virgin, Presentation of the Virgin, Grand
Seminary, Orléans; The Boy Christ with
his Parents returning from Jerusalem, Basle
Museum;
Bacchus,
Prometheus,
Carlsruhe
Gallery.—Bellier,
ii.
269; Jal, 968;
Villot, Cat.
Louvre; Ch. Blanc, École française; 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;
