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PAGGI Fenton (1870), City of New York ; Robert Browning ; Charlotte Cushm.au ; General Grant (1880); Colonel Robert G. Shaw, Thomas Le Clear (1883) ; Hiram Powers (painted in Florence about 1848), Charles Sumner (left unfinished at the death of that statesman), exhibited at the National Acad- emy, 1884 ; Mrs. Andrews Norton, Profes- sor Norton, Cambridge. PAGGI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, born in Genoa ill 1554, died there, March 1(5, 1027. Genoese school ; of no- ble birth and excellent education; pupil of Lu- ca Cambiaso ; was a rising painter, when a homicide compelled his flight to Florence, where he resided twen- ty years and won repu- tation. In 1GOO he was invited to return to Genoa, and executed there many works in churches and public buildings. Among his works in Genoa are : Adoration of the Shep- herds, S. Pietro in Banchi ; Annunciation, Duomo ; St. Jerome, S. Francesco ; Jesus and Saints, Modonetta ; Conception, St.

  • v "^ Francis, Cappucciui ; Assump-

/ Jiion of the Virgin, SS. Giaoo- J mo and Filippo. Other works J in galleries : Repose in Egypt, ' JL * Palazzo Pitti, Florence ; do., National Gallery, Edinburgh ; Moses strik- ing the Rock, Schleissheim Gallery. Lanzi, iii. 251 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole genoise ; Burck- hardt, 768 ; Lavice, 67, 84 PAGLIANO, ELEUTERIO, born at Ca- sal Monferrato in 1826. History and genre painter, pupil of Milan Academy ; took part in campaigns of 1848-49, and afterwards had much success with battle scenes and historical genre pieces. Professor at Mil- an Academy ; Member of Berlin Academy. Medals : Vienna ; Paris, 3d class, 1867 ; 2d class, 1878 ; L. of Honour, 1878 ; Orders of Maurice and Lazarus, and of Leopold ; Of- ficer, Order of Italian Crown ; Command- er, Order of Medjidieh. Works : Skirmish near Cemetery of Magenta ; Bayard's Re- covery ; Lute-Player ; Girl Knitting ; Aldo- brani refusing to Dance with Maramoldi ; Ambuscade ; Optician ; Examining the Leg- acy, J. J. Astor, New York ; Napoleon dis- closing to Josephine the Plan of Divorce, Ladies at Antiquary's ; Origin of the Compa- gnia della Misericordia in Florence ; Young Woman smelling a Rose, Fondazione Poldi- Pezzoli, Milan ; St. Louis of Gonzaga in Prayer, Allegory on Commerce of Venice, Mu- seo Civico, Turin. Fresco : Africa, Vittorio Emanuele Gallery, Milan. L Art (1878), iii. 221 ; Miiller, 405 ; L'lllustrazione italiana (1879), No. 9 ; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xviii. 745. PAGNEST, (AM ABLE) LOUIS CLAUDE, born in Paris, June 9, 1790, died there, May 25, 1819. Portrait painter, pupil of David. His few portraits were painted with a mirror-like fidelity to detail and mi- nute finish. Portrait of H. de Nanteuil-La- norville (1817) ; do. of Grm'ral de Salle, Louvre. Ch. Blanc, Ecole franchise ; Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Lejeune, Guide, iii. 197 ; LArt (1882), i. 178, 197, 218, 241 ; ii. 3. PAINTING, INVENTION OF (Erfindung der Malerei), Eduard Daege, National Gal- lery, Berlin ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 5 in.; signed, dated 1832. A nude Greek youth seated by a well, with a short sword lying across his knees, his left arm around a maiden, who, her right knee upon the seat, is tracing his profile upon the wall, while holding his chin with the other hand ; on the ground a helmet and a clay vessel ; in background, a grove. Jordan (1885), i. 145. PALAMEDESZ, ANTONIS (Authoni), surnamed Stevaerts, born at Delft about 1601, died there m Dec., 1673, or in Jan., 1674. Dutch school ; genre and portrait paint- er, sou of Palamedes Stevaerts, also a paint- er ; formed himself under influence of Miere- velt and Frans Hals ; entered guild of Delft in 1621. His friendship with Van Deeleu, for whose architectural pieces he painted fig- ures, probably brought him in contact with Dirk Hals, whose style he imitated in his