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PAPELEU of Handeck (1850), Falls of Schaffhauseu (1866), National Gallery, Berlin ; Swiss Landscape (1852), Ravene Gallery, ib. ; Wood Interior, Provinzialmuseum, Han- over ; Lake of Brienz, Montreux on Lake of Geneva, Lake of Luzerne, Wood Land- scape, Stettin Museum ; Riviera di Levante, Swiss Landscape (Jubilee Exhibition, Ber- lin, 1886). Jordan (1885), ii. 16G ; Miiller, 406 ; Rosenberg, Berl. Malerscli., 345. PAPELEU, VICTOR DE, born at Ghent, Feb. 10, 1810, died there in 1881. Land- scape painter, pupil in Paris of Jules Dupn' and of Achille Beuouville, after having stud- ied law and travelled all over Europe, and | spent several years in the East and in Italy. Lived mostly in Paris, and in 1874 gave a special exhibition of his works at the Cercle de 1'Uuion artistique. Works : Views in the Laiides (1857, 1850, 1801, 1867); Downs of Pas-de-Calais (1859) ; Marina grande in Capri (1865) ; Naples and Bay of Salerno (1866) ; Sunrise on Coast of St. Raphael (1868) ; several other Views about St. Raph- ael (1869, 1870, 1872, 1878) ; Var Valley near Nice (1874) ; The Meuse at Dordrecht, Boulevard de la Madeleine (1875) ; Interior Port of Ghent (1876) ; Low Tide in Sep- tember (1877); Entrance to Harbour of Os- tend, Villiers-sur-Morin in Autumn (1879) ; Coast of Finistere (1880). Bellier, ii. 198 ; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xx. 758. PAPETY, DOMINIQUE (LOUIS FE- REAL). born at Marseilles, Aug. 12, 1815, died there, Sept. 19, 1849. Genre painter, pupil of Leon Cogniet and of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, where he won the grand prix de Rome in 1836. Made many sketches in Italy and Greece, and gave promise of a brill- iant future, which was cut short by an early death. Works : Saving of Moses (1838) ; Council of the Gods (1841, copy of Raph- ael's fresco) ; Dream of Happiness (1843) ; St. Hilarion (1844) ; William of Clermont defending Ptoleina'is (1845), Versailles Mu- seum ; Madonna Consolatrix (1846), Italian Types, Marseilles Museum ; Solon dictating his Laws (1846) ; Serenade to the Madonna, Nantes Museum ; Finding of Moses, Story of Telemachus (1847), Leipsic Museum ; Monks discovering a Chapel on Mt, Athos (1847) ; Portrait of the Architect Vivenel. Larousse ; Bellier, ii. 198. PAPPERITZ, GUSTAV FRIEDRICH, born in Dresden, Jan. 27, 1813, died there, Jan. 26, 1861. Landscape and genre paint- er, pupil of Dresden Academy under Clau- sen-Dahl, then studied in Munich, and vis- ited Italy and Spain. Works : Valley of Elche in Spain (1857), Dresden Gallery ; View near Laubegast on the Elbe, Leipsic Museum ; Ruin of Petersberg near Halle ; Sicilian Pilgrimage Scene ; Anniversary Day of Sedan (1875). D. Kunstbl. (1850), 55 ; Nagler, Mon., ii. 1037 ; Illustr. Zeitg. (1876), ii. 196. PARADISE (Printemps, Spring), Nicolas I'ouxsin, Louvre, Paris ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 3 in. In a rich landscape, near a mass of rocks and a cascade, Adam is seated on the turf, while Eve, upon one knee, takes him by the arm and points to the tree of knowledge. Above, at right, the Father Eternal upon clouds. One of a series of four painted in 1660-64 for Due do Riche- lieu, whence passed to Louis XIV. En- graved by J. Ami ran. Filhol, iv. PL 256 ; Landon. By Tintoretto, Louvre ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 8 iu. X 11 ft. 10 in. Christ in glory crowns the Virgin ; on each side, the apostles ; be- low, in order, the evangelists, fathers, and doctors of the church, virgins, confessors, and martyrs. This picture is not a sketch for the famous Paradise of the Palazzo Du- cale, Venice. Villot, Cat. Louvre. By Tintoretto, Palazzo Ducale, Venice ; canvas, 30 ft. x 74 ft. The largest oil- painting in the world, containing more than 400 figures ; on the only one of the four walls of the Sala del Maggiore Consiglio which is not pierced by windows. In the centre is Christ, leaning on the globe of the earth, crowned with a glory which lights all the picture, descending through circle be- neath circle of cloud and of flying spirits. 391