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 P1FP1 toinette in the Temple ; Lithuanian Grain- shippers ; Baptism of the Fox, etc. PIPPI, GIULIO. See Giulio Komano. PIR^ICUS (Pyreicus), painter, probably close of 4th century B.C. He painted low subjects, such as barbers' shops and cob- blers' stalls, but so skilfully that his works brought higher prices than the largest works of many masters. Pliny, xxxv. 37 [112J ; Brunu, ii. 259. PISANO, GIUXTA. See Ginnta Pisauo. PISANO, VITTORE, born at S. Vigilio, on the Lago di Garda, about 1380 (?), died in March, 1456. Venetian school (of Vero- na) ; sometimes called Pisanello. Vasari says he was the pupil of Andrea del Cas- tagno in Florence, but the statement is doubtful. Wherever he was educated, he appears to have settled early at Verona. Between 1417-22 he painted the story of Otho, a fresco in the Sala del Gran Consi- glio, Venice, and also decorated some rooms in the Castle of Pavia. His fame as a por- trait painter was considerable, and in 1435 he painted Nicholas III., Duke of Ferrara. Having completed the series of pictures in S. Giovanni Laterano, Rome, begun by Gen- tile da Fabriauo, he settled permanently at Verona ; he appears to have painted also at Mantua. He was noted among his contem- poraries for his portraits, scenery, birds, and quadrupeds ; but he is now known princi- pally as a medallist. Still, he must be re- garded as one of the most original and remarkable painters of the loth century, who did not come at all under Mantegna's influence. Works : Annunciation (fresco), , S. Fermo Maggiore, Verona ; Portrait of Li- onello d'Este, Galleria Costabili, Ferrara ; Madonna with Saints, ib. ; Madonna, Gallery, Verona ; St. George and the Dragon, S. An- astasia, ib. Frescos : S. Maria della Scala ; SS. Anthony and George, National Gallery, London ; Adoration of the Magi, Berlin Museum. C. & C., N. Italy, i. 450 ; Vasari, ! ed. Mil., iii. 8, 23 ; ed. Le Mon., iv. 152 ; Bernasconi, 59 ; Burckhardt, 588, 605 ; Liib- ke, Gesch. ital. Mai., i. 479. . L Lf, Berl. PISTORIUS, EDUARD, born in Berlin, Feb. 28, 1796, died at Karlsbad, Aug. 20, 1862. Genre painter, pupil of Willich, then of Berlin Academy ; studied in 1818-19 in Dresden, and after a visit to the Netherlands, j liu in 1830, and became member of the Acad- emy in 1833. Works : Bowling Alley ; Old Man, Old Woman (1824), Geography Les- son, Toilet (1827), Artist's Studio (1828), Village Fiddler (1831), Sound Sleep (1839), National Gallery, Berlin ; Reading the Bi- ble, Amsterdam Museum ; Village Fiddler (1833), Coop- er at the Cask (1834), KOnigs- berg Museum. Grosse, 176; Kugler, Kl. Schr., iii. 168 ; Rosenber Malersch., 169 ; Wiegmann, 270. PIXIS, THEODOR, born at Kaisurslau- tern, July 1, 1831. Genre painter and il- lustrator, pupil of Mu- nich Academy under Philip Foltz and Kaul- bach, then spent two years in Italy and later visited the mountain- ous districts of Ger- many ; painted at first historical s u b j c c t s. Works : Huss taking Farewell of his Friends (1856), Berne Museum ; Pictures from Gu- druu Saga (1857-59); Skaters; City Dandy on the Alp ; Woman from Black Forest ; Enjoyment of Nature; Before and After the Ball ; Thwarted Departure and Doubtful Arrival ; Moltke in the Black Forest ; Scene from Life of Travelling Actors. In fresco : Coronation of Charles X. of Sweden, Cross- ing the Belt, Charles XI. in Battle of Lund (1860-62), National Museum, Munich ; Cal- vin's Last Conversation with Michael Ser- vetus (1861). Miiller, 420 ; Illustr. Zeitg. (1872), i. 303 ; ii. 38. PIZZOLO, NICCOLO, 15th century. Paduan school ; pupil of Squarcione, co- labourer with Mantegna in the Eremitani, where he painted the Eternal amidst Saints, 449
 * in 1827-29, in Diisseldorf ; returned to Ber-