PFEIFFEE kirchc, ib. ; Resurrection, St. Mary's, Earth, Pomerania ; Altai-piece, St. GottharcVs, Bran- denburg ; Entombment, The Holy Women at Christ's Tomb (Jubilee Exhibition, Ber- lin, 1886). Christl. Kunstbl. (1873), 38 ; Miillcr, 415 ; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 120. PFEIFFER, WILHELM, born at Wol- fenbtittel, Jan. 15, 1822. Genre and animal painter ; studied in Munich, where ho now lives and paints chiefly small equestrian pieces, which are in great demand. Works : Landscape with Horses ; Runaway Farm- Horse ; Bringing in Hay before Storm, Pro- vinzial Museum, Hanover ; Old Peasant and Scarecrow, New Pinakothek, Munich ; Morn- ing Ride (1879) ; Sowing (Jubilee Exhibi- tion, Berlin, 1S8C). PFLEGER, KARL NIKOLAUS, born in Munich, died there in 1G88. German school ; history painter, studied in Munich and for three years in Italy. Master of the guild in 1G59, and one of the notable artists who worked in Munich during the second half of the 17th century. Court-painter in 1685. Works : Christ, Joachim, Joseph, Zachari- ah and Elixabcth (life-size), Incredulity of Thomas, Frauenkirche, Munich. Nagler, xi. 218. PFLUG, JOHANN BAPTIST, born at Biberach, Wiirtemberg, in 1785, died there in 1865. Genre painter, pupil of Munich Academy, where he copied old Dutch mas- ters, especially Netscher ; painted mostly humorous scenes from Suabian peasant life and military subjects ; many of them are in the royal palaces at Stuttgart and Fried- richshafen. Works : The Gamblers ; Peas- ant Wedding; Gypsy Family; Peasant Inn ; Battle of Stockach (1842) ; Distribution of Medals among Veterans (1843) ; Austrian Hussars (1844); Departure of Russians from Waldsee ; Several pictures at Villa Rosen- stein, near Stuttgart. Nagler, xi. 219. PFORR, JOHANN GEORG, born at Upfen (Ulfen?), Hesse, Jan. 4, 1745, died in Frankfort, June 9, 1798. German school ; animal painter, pupil of Cassel Academy ; won the first prize in 1778, became mem- ber in 1779, and settled in Frankfort in 1781. Called the German Wouwerman, from his skill in painting the horse. Works : Horse Market, Falcon Chase (1786), Two English Horses (1797), Turkish Stallion (1798), four others, Stiidel Gallery, Frank- fort ; Others in Rehn Collection, ib. ; Horses taken to Pond, Oldenburg Gallery. His sou Franz (born in Frankfort, April 5, 1788, died at Albano, June 16, 1812) was a history painter, pupil of Tischbein in Cassel, then of Vienna Academy, where he was allied with Overbeck, with whom he went to Rome and became a follower of Cornelius. Work : Rudolph von Hapsburg giving his Horse to the Priest, Stiidel Gallery, Frankfort. Fors- ter, iv. 228 ; Nagler, xi. 221 ; do., Mon., ii. 795 ; Riegel, Gesch. ties Wiederauflebens der d. K (Leipsic, 1882), 244, 247. PHASIS, painter, date unknown ; men- tioned in an epigram by Cornelius Longi- nus as having painted a picture of the Athe- nian general Cynegirus, distinguished at Marathon (490 B.C.). Herod, vi. 114 ; An- thol. Gr., ii. 184, 2 (Planud., iv. 117) ; Sil- lig, 33. PHELAN, CHARLES T., born in New York in 1840. Landscape painter, pupil of Professor Rondel. Exhibits at the National Academy. Studio in New York. Works : Storm and Sheep, Brook in Ulster County (1880) ; Near Ravenswood, Suburb in Long Island (1881); Sheep Drinking, Sheep going to Pasture (1882); Autumn Study Ravens- wood (1884), T. B. Clarke, New York. PHELPS, WILLIAM PRESTON, born in New Hampshire ; contemporary. Land- scape painter, pupil of Velten in Munich. Occasionally exhibits at National Academy. Studio in Lowell, Mass. Works : Forest Scene near Munich, Morning, Evening (1878) ; Tillers of the Soil, Autumn (1880). PHILIP II., portrait, Titian, Palazzo Gi- ustiniaui, Padua ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 1 in. The Prince, in black-silk doublet and white pelisse, sitting in an arm-chair. Painted in Augsburg in 1550 ; from the Bar- 432
