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PULIAN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED, born at Meissen, July 27, 1809, died in Düsseldorf, March 4, 1875. Architecture and landscape painter, pupil of Dresden and Düsseldorf Academies in 1837-42. Works: Burg Eltz; City Gate at Neuss (1810); Limburg Cathedral (1842), National Gallery, Berlin; Bacharach on the Rhine; St. Nicholas in Ghent; Michael's Wharf, ib. (1850); Kloster Schwalbach; Views of Asmannshausen, Oberwesel; Village on a Lake in Salzburg (1870), Düsseldorf Gallery; Canal at Mechlin; Town on Moselle; Dutch Village.—Blanckarts, 83; Kunst-Chronik, x. 380; Wiegmann, 407.


PULIDO PAREJA, Don ADRIAN, Velasquez, Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, Eng.; canvas, H. 6 ft. 5 in. × 3 ft. 6 in. Full-length, standing, in black dress with white sleeves; baton in right hand, hat in left; red curtain behind and vessel under sail on right. Don Adrian was Captain-General of the Armada and of the fleet of Nueva España.—Stirling, ii. 622; Waagen, Treasures, iii. 465; Curtis, i. 74.

By Velasquez, Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, Wilts, Eng.; canvas, H. 6 ft. 9 in. × 3 ft. 8 in.; inscribed and dated 1639. Full-length, standing, in black velvet dress with sleeves of flowered satin, broad lace collar, and sword suspended by a white belt; baton in right hand, hat in left. Probably painted in 1639.—Palomino, iii. 331; Stirling, ii. 621; Waagen, Treasures, iii. 141; Curtis, 74.


PULIGO, DOMENICO, born at Florence in 1492, died in 1527. Florentine school; history and portrait painter, pupil of Ridolfo Ghirlandajo, but became a follower of Andrea del Sarto, with whom he formed an intimate friendship, often assisting him in his works, and painting from his designs pictures which were mistaken for the productions of that great master. Works: Holy Family (3), Madonna with Angel, Santa Conversazione, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; Holy Family, Madrid Museum; Madonna with St. John and Angels, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Young Nobleman, Fondazione Poldi-Pezzoli, Milan.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 461.


PULZONE, SCIPIONE, called Il Gaetano, born at Gaeta in 1550, died in Rome about 1588. Roman school; history and portrait painter, pupil of Jacopino del Conte, but seems to have formed himself on the styles of Raphael and Andrea del Sarto; was particularly distinguished as a painter of portraits, and had many distinguished sitters in Rome, Naples, and Florence. His style is extremely minute, his drawing correct, and colouring harmonious. Works: Assumption, with Apostles, S. Silvestro a Monte Cavallo, Rome; Pietà, Il Gesù, ib.; Crucifixion, S. Maria della Vallicella, ib.; Holy Family, Palazzo Borghese, ib.; Christ in the Garden, Uffizi, Florence; Portraits of Eleonora and Maria de' Medici, and three other Princesses (one dated 1595), Palazzo Pitti, ib.; Annunciation, Male Portrait, Naples Museum; Male Portrait, Madrid Museum; Female do. (1584), Old Pinakothek, Munich.—Lanzi (Roscoe), i. 408.


PURGATORY, SOULS IN, Salvator Rosa, Brera, Milan; canvas, H. 9 ft. 4 in. × 6 ft. 2 in. The Virgin and Child, seated upon clouds, borne up by angels, is delivering souls from Purgatory. Formerly in S. Giovanni alle Case Rotte, Milan; carried to Paris in 1799; returned in 1815.—Landon, Musée, xiv. Pl. 7.


PURIFICATION. See Presentation in Temple.


PURITANS GOING TO CHURCH, George H. Boughton, R. L. Stuart Collection, New York. Motive from Bartlett's "Pilgrim Fathers." Pilgrims going on foot in winter to a church in the wilderness; the preacher walks a little behind the vanguard, a soldier in steel helmet guards the women and children, and other men, gun in hand, keep a sharp lookout for the savages. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America, ii. 117.


PÜTTNER, JOSEF, born at Plan, Bohemia, July 26, 1821, died at Hallstadt, Upper