and Assumption of the Virgin, in the semi-*dome of the chapel; and journeyman of Donatello in the Santo. Vasari says that his works were good, though he produced but little, and his example was of great value to Mantegna. He was treacherously slain by enemies while returning from his work one day.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 314; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., iv. 121; v. 160; vi. 93; Burckhardt, 577.
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PLACE, HENRI, born in Paris, April 5, 1812. Landscape and marine painter. Medals: 3d class, 1847; 2d class, 1848; L. of Honour, 1855. Works: Cliffs of Étretat (1846); View of Pont d'Espagne, Fisherman's Bark (1847); Pic du Midi at Pau, Environs of Cherbourg (1848); View at Rosenlaui—Canton Berne (1849); Cliffs of Douvres (1849), formerly in Luxembourg Museum; Fishermen surprised by Storm, Melun Museum.—Bellier, ii. 284.
PLACIDUS AND FLAVIA,
STS., MARTYRDOM
OF, Correggio, Parma Gallery;
canvas. Placidus,
son of the patrician Tertullus,
newly converted to
Christianity, went to Messina
to found a convent,
accompanied by his sister
Flavia and the brothers Eutychius and Victorinus.
Soon afterwards a ship landed an
Arabian horde who put them to death.
Placidus and Flavia are represented singing
under the strokes of the executioners,
the two others having already fallen. Painted
between 1522 and 1524 for the Benedictine
Don Placido del Bono, and placed,
together with a Pietà, in a Chapel of S. Giovanni,
Parma. Carried to Paris, and returned
in 1815. Copies attributed to Correggio
in Madrid Museum. Engraved by
G. B. Vanni and by S. F. Ravenet.—Landon,
Œuvres, viii. Pl. 26; Musée, x. Pl. 5; Meyer,
Correggio, 305, 480; Künst. Lex., i. 428.
PLAGEMANN, CARL GUSTAF, born at
Södertelje, Södermanland, in 1805. History
painter, pupil of Stockholm Academy;
studied two years in Florence after the old
masters and in 1820 went to Rome, where
he remained twenty-two years and finally
spent two years and a half in Madrid.
Works: Judas throwing the Money at the
High Priest's Feet; Adoration of Shepherds;
Last Supper; Holy Family, Stockholm Museum.
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Plague of Ashdod, Nicolas Poussin, Louvre.
PLAGUE OF ASHDOD, Nicolas Poussin,
Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. 9 in. × 6 ft. 3 in.
A street in the city of Ashdod, filled with
the sick and dying; at one side, many people
in consternation around the temple of
their deity, whose broken image lies on its
pedestal. Painted in Rome in 1630, for 60
crowns; sold to Duc de Richelieu for 1,000
crowns, whence passed to Louis XIV. Engraved
by E. Picart (1677); B. Tolozani;
Niquet.—Cat. Louvre; Filhol, ii. Pl. 127;
Landon, Musée, ii. Pl. 37; Smith, viii. 22.
PLAGUE OF ATHENS, Nicolas Poussin,
Leigh Court, England; canvas, H. 4 ft.
