Return of Ulysses, Castle Howard, England.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 405; Burckhardt, 682; Vatout, Palais de Fontainebleau (Paris, 1852); Reiset, Gaz. des Beaux Arts (1859), iii. 193; W. & W., ii. 788; Laborde, Renaissance à la cour de France (1850-55); Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise.
PRIMO, EL, or EL ESCRIBANO, Velasquez,
Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 4
in. × 2 ft. 9 in. A dwarf, in black dress and
broad-brimmed hat, seated on a stone, turning
the leaves of a book on his lap; on
ground, other books and an inkstand.
Probably painted in 1644. Copy by Guignet
in École des Beaux Arts, Paris. Engraved
by F. Muntaner; etched by F.
Goya; Laguillermie; B. Maura; Pineda;
Pirie; H. Guérard.—Curtis, 31; Portfolio
(1873), 49; Madrazo, 628.
PRIMO, LUIS, called Gentile, born in
Brussels in 1606, died in Rome in 1670.
Flemish school; history and portrait painter,
lived for thirty years in Rome, where he
became a member of the Accademia di S.
Luca, and, by the elegance of his style and
personal demeanour, acquired the above
surname. Works: Christ Crucified, St.
Michael's, Ghent; Phœbus in his Chariot;
St. Raimund; St. Charles Borromeo and
the Plague-Stricken, Ghent Museum; Portrait
of Pope Alexander VII.—Déschamps
(Marseilles, 1840), i. 298; Immerzeel, i. 275,
PRINCES IN THE TOWER, Paul Delaroche,
Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 5 ft. 11 in.
× 7 ft.; signed, dated 1830. Children of
Edward IV.—Edward V. and Richard, Duke
of York, his younger brother—in the Tower
of London. Supposed to have been murdered
in the Tower of London in 1483 by
order of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards
Richard III. Salon, 1831. Formerly
in Luxembourg.—Engraved by Prudhomme.
By Sir John E. Millais, Bart., Holloway Institute, Egham, near London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 1 in. × 3 ft. 3 in. Two fair-haired boys, full-length, dressed in black, stand on a winding staircase, looking anxiously as if in dread of some one descending behind them, indicated by the shadow of a man on the wall. The young king wears the Garter. Royal Academy, 1878; painted from a sketch made in the Tower at the foot of the staircase where, in the reign of Charles II., the bones of two youths were discovered. Purchased by Mr. Holloway at the E. T. Coleman sale (1881), for £3,990. Engraved by S. Cousins; Lumb Stocks.—Art Journal (1884), 7.
PRINCESS ELIZABETH, Sir John E.
Millais, Bart., Holloway Institute, Egham,
near London; canvas, H. 4 ft. 2 in. × 3 ft.
7-1/2 in. The Princess Elizabeth, daughter
of Charles I., imprisoned in St. James's, is
seated at a cabinet in the act of writing a
letter to the Parliamentary Commissioners
begging them to allow her to retain the
servants she was accustomed to. The cabinet,
which was formerly at Theobalds, the
favourite house of James I., now belongs to
the painter. Painted in 1879; Fine Art
Society, 1881. Engraved by T. L. Atkinson.
PRINCETEAU, RENÉ, born at Libourne
(Gironde); contemporary. Genre and portrait
painter, pupil of the École des Beaux
Arts; is also a sculptor. Medal, 3d class,
1883. Works: Patrol of Uhlans surprised
by Franc-tireurs (1872); Portrait of Marshal
MacMahon (1874); Horses frightened by
Train, Halt (1875); Return from Walk
(1878); On Vedette (1879); Old Solitary,
The Two Neighbours (1880); Relays (1881);
Hallali (1882); Stable Interior (1883); Ox
at Labour (1884); Span of Oxen drawing
Manure (1885); Return to the Farm during
Inundation (1886).—Bellier, ii. 317.
PRINETTI, CONSTANTINO, born at
Canobbio in 1830, died in Milan in 1855.
Landscape painter, pupil of Milan Academy
under Canella, visited Germany, the Netherlands,
Paris, Normandy, England, and Scotland.
Works: Lake of Brienz (1853 and
1855); Battlefield of Naefels (1854); Castle
Dundas, The Thames with Houses of Parliament,
Street in Edinburgh, Valsasina,
November Sun on Lago Maggiore, Monte
di Colico, Grotto of Catullus on Lago di
