Pordenone, taking the name of Regillo, settled at Venice, where his services were eagerly sought, as Titian was out of favour with the Venetian rulers. He covered the walls of many palaces with frescos, and executed several public works, all of which have perished. The Glory of St. Lorenzo Giustiniani, Venice Academy, is one of the finest pictures of Pordenone, and the altarpiece in S. Giovanni Elemosinario, Venice, is also a noble though much damaged work. Among the few easel pictures ascribed to him are: Madonna of Ottobon family, Venice Academy; Salome, Palazzo Doria, Rome; St. George and the Dragon, Quirinal, Rome; Madonna, Church of Torre in Friuli; Madonna with Saints, Church of Moriago, near Treviso; Calling of St. Matthew, Woman in Mourning Dress, Dresden Museum; Taking of Christ, Gotha Museum; Assumption, Portrait of a Lady, Madrid Museum; Old Man tempting Young Girl, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Assumption, Portrait of a Lady, Madrid Museum; An Apostle, National Gallery, London.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 238; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., vii. 87; ix. 26; xi. 252; ed. Mil., v. 103; Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., ii. 591.
PORION, CHARLES, born at Amiens;
contemporary. Genre and portrait painter,
pupil of Drölling and of Ingres. Medal, 3d
class, 1844; L. of Honour, 1884. Works:
Spanish Dance (1844); Bull Race at Seville
(1846); El Descanso—custom of Valencia
(1857), Bordeaux Museum; Gypsies of Constantine
(1866); Queen of Spain surrounded
by Principal Dignitaries of the Army
(1868); Edward III. of England doing
Homage to Philip of Valois, Amiens Museum.—Bellier,
ii. 299.
PORTA, BARTOLOMMEO DELLA.
See Bartolommeo, Fra.
PORTA, GIUSEPPE, born at Castelnuovo
di Garfagnana about 1520, died in Venice
about 1575. Venetian school; pupil in
Rome of Francesco Salviati, from whom he
acquired name of younger Salviati. Followed
his master to Florence, Bologna, and finally
Venice, where he remained after Salviati's
return to Rome. Falling under the influence
of Titian he abandoned the Roman style, became
the intimate friend of that great painter,
and was selected by him to assist in
decorating the Library of St. Mark, in company
with Paolo Veronese, both being paid
at a higher rate than the other assistants.
After the death of Salviati (1563), Porta was
invited by Pius IV. to Rome to aid in decorating
the Vatican, where he painted, in the
Sala Regia, Barbarossa doing Homage to
Alexander III., and won general admiration.
After his return to Venice he executed works
in the Palazzo Ducale, which were destroyed
in the fire of 1577. Giuseppe was a good
designer, skilful in composition, and a vigorous
and brilliant colourist. He excelled
in the treatment of costumes, ornaments, and
architectural accessories. The Dead Christ
held by Angels, Dresden Museum.—Ch.
Blanc, École vénitienne; Vasari, ed. Le Mon.,
xii. 81; ed. Mil., vii. 45.
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PORTAELS, JEAN FRANÇOIS, born at
Vilvorde, near
Brussels, May 1,
1818. History,
genre, and portrait
painter, pupil
of Navez and
in Paris of Delaroche;
won the
grand prize for
Rome in 1841,
and afterward
visited the East, Spain, and Hungary. Member
and (since 1878) director of Brussels
Academy; Order of Leopold, 1851. Medal:
Paris, 2d class, 1855. Works: Star of Bethlehem;
Flight into Egypt; Rebekah; Funeral
in the Desert; Leah and Rachel;
Daughter of Jephthah and Daughter of
Zion; Suicide of Judas; Box in the Theatre
at Buda-Pesth; Girl from Istria; Drought
in Egypt (1873); Gypsies; Jewess from
Tangier (1876); The Simoom (Jubilee Exhibition,
Berlin, 1886); Bohemian Cabin, J.
H. Stebbins, New York; Jealousy, C. H.
