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Repose in Egypt, Oldenburg; The Dead Christ, Stuttgart; Calling of St. Peter, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna; Holy Family, Augsburg; do., Madrid; do. and Angels, Hermitage; Saint preaching in a Temple, S. Marco, Milan; Adoration of the Shepherds, Brera, Milan.—Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Burckhardt, 760, 784; Lavice, 125, 150.

PROCACCINI, CARLO ANTONIO, born in Bologna about 1555, died in 1605 (?). Bolognese school; youngest son and pupil of Ercole Procaccini, the elder. Painted landscapes, fruit, and flowers; was the weakest of the family, but was a favourite with the court and had many orders from Spain.—Lanzi, ii. 515; Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Siret, 726.

PROCACCINI, ERCOLE, called the elder, born in Bologna in 1520, died after 1591. Bolognese school, pupil of the Carracci; removed to Milan, where he established a famous school of painting, in which his sons and many other noted painters were educated. Lomazzo calls him a happy imitator of the style of Correggio, but Lanzi better characterizes his art as minute in design and feeble in colouring, though more pleasing and accurate than that of most artists of his time. His principal works are in Bologna; Annunciation, S. Benedetto; Conversion of St. Paul, Christ in the Garden, S. Giacomo Maggiore; St. Michael overthrowing the Rebel Angels, S. Bernardo; Pietà, Annunciation, St. Augustine and Angel, Pinacoteca.—Lanzi, ii. 511; Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Burckhardt, 238, 760, 784; Seguier, 158; Siret, 726; Gualandi, 91, 95.

PROCACCINI, ERCOLE, called the younger, born in Milan in 1596, died there in 1676. Bolognese school; son of Carlo Antonio Procaccini and pupil of his uncle Giulio Cesare. Painted historical and still-life subjects, but excelled in the latter. After the death of Giulio Cesare, he became director of the Academy of the Procaccini. One of his best works is the Assumption in S. M. Maggiore, Bergamo.—Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Siret, 727.

PROCACCINI, GIULIO CESARE, born in Bologna in 1548, died in Milan in 1626. Bolognese school; son and pupil of Ercole Procaccini the elder, and brother of Camillo. Said to have studied in the school of the Carracci at Bologna, but more probably took Correggio for his model; and was so good an imitator of that painter's style that some of his pictures have been ascribed to him. Many of his works are in the churches of Milan, especially in the Duomo, S. Fedele, S. Prassede, S. Antonio Abbate, S. Celso, S. Tomaso, S. Angelo, S. Giuseppe. He painted also in Genoa, where his Last Supper, called his masterpiece by Charles Blanc, is in the Annunziata. Other works: His own portrait, Uffizi, Florence; Apotheosis of S. Carlo, Palazzo Adorno, Genoa; Adoration of the Magi, Madonna, Palazzo Balbi, ib.; Holy Family, Palazzo Brignole Sale, ib.; Last Supper, St. Sebastian, Palazzo Spinola, ib.; Martyrdom of St. Agatha, Ambrosian Library, Milan; Adoration of Shepherds, Brera, ib.; Marriage of the Virgin, Parma Gallery; Virgin and Saints, Turin Gallery; Samson defeating the Philistines, Madonna, Madrid Museum; Dead Christ with Magdalen and Angels, National Gallery, Edinburgh; St. Sebastian saved by Angels, Brussels Museum; Joseph's Dream, Berlin Museum; Holy Family, Man with a Woman in his Arms leaping into a Boat, Dresden Museum; Holy Family and Angels, Madonna and St. John, Old Pinakothek, Munich; do., and Angels, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Liberation of Peter, Stuttgart Museum; Holy Family, Pietà, Vienna Museum.—Lanzi, ii. 514; Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Lavice, 46, 84.