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the Virgin, Jacob and Laban, Holy Family, Madonna and St. Martina, and others, Louvre; Madonna with Saints, Brera; Christ and the Magdalen, Holy Family, Martyrdom of St. Stephen, and others, Hermitage.—Ch. Blanc, École ombrienne; Burckhardt, 253, 258, 278, 767, 771; Seguier, 48.


PIETRO, GIOVANNI DI. See Spagna.


PIETRO DI LORENZO. See Lorenzetti.


PIGLHEIM, (ELIMAR ULRICH) BRUNO, born in Hamburg, Feb. 19, 1848. History and genre painter, pupil of Weimar Art-School under Pauwels, and in Munich of Wilhelm Diez. Began as a sculptor, pupil in Hamburg of Lippelt, and of Dresden Academy, then visited Italy and took up painting. Works: Domestic Happiness; Day and Night; Moritur in Deo (1879).—Müller, 417; D. Rundschau, xx. 457; Illustr. Zeitg. (1881), i. 310; K. f. Alle, i. 58; Allgem. K. C., ix. 287.


PIGNEROLLE, CHARLES MARCEL DE, born at Angers about 1815. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Cogniet. Medals: 2d class, 1848, 1855. Works: Pilgrimage to Notre Dame de Lorette (1847), Orléans Museum; Inundation Scene in the Campagna (1855); Raphael painting Portrait of Princess of Aragon (1859); Vintage at Naples (1861).—Bellier, ii. 273.


PILGRIMS, EMBARKATION OF, Robert W. Weir, rotunda of Capitol, Washington; canvas, H. 12 ft. × 18 ft. The Pilgrim Fathers embarking at Delft Haven for Southampton, July 22, 1620. Painted in 1845 for $10,000. Engraved on back of $50 United States national bank note.



PILLE, CHARLES HENRI, born in Essommes (Aisne), contemporary. History and genre painter, pupil of Barrias; known since 1864 by his clever pen-and-ink sketches, and his humorous, well-painted genre pictures. Medals: 1869; 2d class, 1872; L. of Honour, 1882. Works: Sybille de Clèves haranguing the Defenders of Wittemberg (1868); Sancho Panza before the Duchess, Tavern at Todtenau (1870); Autumn (1872); Matrimonial Harmony, The First-Born (1873); Pardon near Guémené (1874); Reading the Decree of Feb. 24, 1793, in Brittany, Market at Antwerp, Old Clothes (1875); Morning Interview, Intemperance, Sobriety (1876); Tavern (1877); Coquelin as Fritz (1878); Don Quixote (1879); Woods of Sandraie (1880); Three Jugs (1881); Gustave Jundt (1882); The Body-Guard (1883); Portrait of Benjamin-Constant (1884); Temptation (1885).—Gaz. des B. Arts (1868), xxv. 17; Meyer, Gesch., 680.


PILLEMENT, JEAN, born at Lyons in 1727, died there, April 26, 1808. French school. Landscape and marine painter, first instructed in his native city, then studied in Paris and for a time was employed as a designer in the Gobelins factory; went to London, where he met with great success, and visited Germany (1767), and Portugal. He was painter to the king of Poland and to Marie Antoinette. Works: Bridge over Torrent, Storm, Fishing Scene, Shipwreck, Besançon Museum; Rustic Bridge on Rocks, Lyons Museum; Cascade among Rocks, five others (two dated 1791, 1792), Montpellier Museum; Two Landscapes, Bordeaux Museum; do., Madrid Museum; Agitated Sea on Rocky Coast, Burning Castle by Moonlight, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna.—Bellier, ii. 273; Nagler, xi. 308.


PILLIARD, JACQUES, born in Vienne (Isère) in 1814. Religious painter of repute, pupil of Orsel and Bonnefond. Medals: 3d class, 1843; 2d class, 1844, 1848. Works: Virgin Fainting (1843); Christ with Martha and Mary (1844); Raising of Jairus's Daughter (1848).—Gaz. des B. Arts (1859), ii. 273; Larousse.


PILOTY, FERDINAND, born in Munich, Oct. 9, 1828. History and genre painter, brother of Karl von Piloty, pupil of Munich Academy under Karl Schorn, and greatly