PORIOX Pordenone, taking the name of Regillo, set- tled at Venice, where his services were eager- ly sought, as Titian was out of favour with the Venetian rulers. He covered the walls of many palaces with frescos, and executed several public woi'ks, all of which have per- ished. The Glory of St. Lorenzo Giustini- ani, Venice Academy, is one of the finest pictures of Pordenoue, and the altarpiece in S. Giovanni Elemosinario, Venice, is also a noble though much damaged work. Among the few easel pictures ascribed to him are : Madonna of Ottobon family, Venice Acad- emy ; Salume, Palazzo Doria, Home ; St. George and the Dragon, Quirinal, Home ; Madonna, Church of Torre in Friuli ; Ma- donna with Saints, Church of Moriago, near Treviso ; Calling of St. Matthew, Woman in Mourning Dress, Dresden Museum ; Taking of Christ, Gotha Museum ; Assumption, Por- trait of a Lady, Madrid Museum ; Old Man tempting Young Girl, Hermitage, St. Peters- burg ; Assumption, Portrait of a Lady, Ma- drid Museum ; An Apostle, National Gal- lery, London. C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 238 ; Vasiiri, ed. Le Mon., vii. 87 ; ix. 26 ; xi. 252 ; ed. Mil., v. 103 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole vunitienne ; Liibke, Gesch. ital. Mai., ii. 591. PORION, CHARLES, born at Amiens ; contemporary. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Drolling and of Ingres. Medal, 3d class, 1844 ; L. of Honour, 1884. Works : Spanish Dance (1844) ; Bull Race at Seville (184G) ; El Descanso custom of Valencia (1857), Bordeaux Museum ; Gypsies of Con- ' stautiue (18CG) ; Queen of Spain surround- ed by Principal Dignitaries of the Army (1868); Edward III. of England doing Homage to Philip of Valois, Amiens Muse- um. Bellier, ii. 299. PORTA, BARTOLOMMEO DELL A. See Bartolommeo, Fra. PORTA, GIUSEPPE, born at Castelnuo- vo di Garfaguana about 1520, died in Ven- ice about 1575. Venetian school ; pupil in Rome of Francesco Salviati, from whom he acquired name of younger Salviati. Followed his master to Florence, Bologna, and finally Venice, where he remained after Salviati's return to Rome. Falling under the influence of Titian he abandoned the Roman style, be- came the intimate friend of that great paint- er, and was selected by him to assist in
decorating the Library of St. Mark, in com-
pany with Paolo Veronese, both being paid at a higher rate than the other assistants. After the death of Salviati (1563), Porta was invited by Pius IV. to Rome to aid in deco- rating the Vatican, where he painted, in the Sain Regia, Barbarossa doing Homage to Alexander III., and won general admiration. After his return to Venice he executed works in the Palazzo Ducale, which were destroyed in the fire of 1577. Giuseppe was a good designer, skilful in composition, and a vig- orous and brilliant colourist. He excelled in the treatment of costumes, ornaments, and architectural accessories. The Dead Christ held by Angels, Dresden Museum. Ch. Blanc, Kcole venitienne ; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., xii. 81 ; ed. Mil., vii. 45. POHTAELS, JEAN FRANCOIS, born at Vilvorde, near Brussels, May 1, 1818. History, genre, and por- trait painter, pu- pil of Navez and in Paris of Dela- roche ; won the grand prize for Rome in 1841, and afterward visited the East, Spain, and Hungary. Mem- ber and (since 1878) director of Brussels Academy; Order of Leopold, 1851. Medal: Paris, 2d class, 1855. Works : Star of Beth- lehem ; Flight into Egypt ; Rebekah ; Fu- neral in the Desert ; Leah and Rachel ; Daughter of Jephthah and Daughter of Zion ; Suicide of Judas ; Box in the Theatre at Buda-Pesth ; Girl from Istria ; Drought in Egypt (1873) ; Gypsies ; Jewess from Tangier (1876) ; The Simoom (Jubilee Exhi- bition, Berlin, 1886) ; Bohemian Cabin, J. H. Stebbins, New York ; Jealousy, C. H.
