Wolff, ib.; Thought, A. Adams, Watertown, Mass.—Allgem. Zeitg., 1865; Art Journal, 1866, 133: Illustr. Zeitg. (1877), ii. 247.
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PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS, born in
Melrose, Mass., Aug. 27,
1845. Portrait and figure
painter, pupil of A.
H. Bicknell. In 1872
he visited Europe for
study, chiefly Paris and
Venice, and repeated the
visit in 1875, 1878, and
1881. Elected an A.N.A.
in 1878 and N.A. in 1880.
Studios in Boston and
New York. Of late years he has devoted
himself principally to portrait painting, and
has executed works now in the possession
of W. K. Vanderbilt, Henry Clews, Charles
Francklyn, W. Seward Webb, Buchanan
Winthrop, and W. W. Astor, of New York;
and F. L. Ames, Amos A. Lawrence, Peter
C. Brooks, Mrs. Hollis Hunnewell, James
Lawrence, Arthur Lyman, T. F. Cushing,
and others, of Boston.
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PORTMAN, CHRISTIAAN JULIUS LODEWYCK,
born at
Amsterdam, Oct. 20,
1799. History, portrait,
and genre
painter, pupil of Cornelis
Kruseman, and
much influenced by
Jan Willem Pieneman;
went to Paris,
where he studied under
Lothier; visited
Belgium in 1822, Germany in 1828 and 1831,
Paris again in 1829, and London in 1830.
Member of Amsterdam Academy in 1825.
Works: Admiral Ruyter by the Body of
Tromp (1824), Teylers Museum, Haarlem;
Adam and Eve by the Body of Abel (1825);
Duke of Saxe-Weimar at Leuven (1832);
Fisherman's Family awaiting Return of
Father after Storm (1833); Heemskerk
taking Leave of Barends (1836); Peter the
Great as Carpenter (1839); Luther at Melanchthon's
Sick Bed (1839); Columbus in
Chains sent to Europe (1840); Grandduke
Alexander of Russia visiting the House of
Peter the Great at Zaandam (1840), Old Man,
Amsterdam Museum.—Immerzeel, ii. 321.
PORTRAIT OF YOUNG MAN, Raphael,
Louvre; wood, H. 2 ft. × 1 ft. 6 in.
Young man, head turned three-quarters to
right, with light hair and black cap, leaning
upon a table, his head resting on his right
hand. Painted about 1515-20. Supposed
by some to be portrait of Raphael. Engraved
by N. Edelinck; Gandolfi; F. Forster;
Pannier.—Musée français; Filhol, vi.
Pl. 371; Passavant, ii. 100; Cab. Crozat, i.
Pl. 10.
PORTRAIT OF YOUNG WOMAN,
Raphael, Uffizi, Florence; wood. Young
woman, half-length, full face, in Florentine
costume, with a gold chain on her neck. An
admirable picture in Raphael's first manner.
Long supposed to be Maddalena, wife
of Angelo Doni, and engraved by J. Scotto
under that name.—Passavant, i. 76; ii. 41;
Molini, Gall. di Firenze, i. 105; Müntz, 221.
PORTMANN, WILHELM, born in Düsseldorf
in 1819. Landscape painter, pupil
of Düsseldorf Academy under Schirmer.
Takes his subjects chiefly from Swiss and
Tyrolese Alps. Works: Susten Glacier;
Waterfall in Tyrol; Storm in the Woods;
Torrent near Chambéry; Lake in Savoy;
Avalanche on Rosetta Alp; Mountainous
Landscape (1846), Ravené Gallery, Berlin;
Wood Landscape, Wiesbaden Gallery. His
son Karl is a genre painter.—D. Kunstbl.
(1857), 225; Wiegmann, 395.
POSCHINGER, RICHARD VON, born
in Munich in 1839. Landscape painter, pupil
of Lier; travelled in the Netherlands,
England, and France; lives in Munich.
Medals: Vienna, 1873; Sydenham, 1874,
1875; Philadelphia, 1876. Works: Spring;
Moonlight; Rainy Landscape; Moonlight
on South Coast of England; Autumn near
Dachau; Strand near Dover; Evening,
Landscape with Sheep (Jubilee Exhibition,
Berlin, 1886).
