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 PORTER Wolff, ib. ; Thought, A. Adams, Watertown, .Mass. Allgem. Zeitg., 1865 ; Art Journal, 1866, 133 ; Illustr. Zeitg. (1877), ii. 247. POKTEK, BENJAMIN CURTIS, born in Melrose, Mass., Aug. 27, 1845. Portrait and fig- ure painter, pupil of A. H. Bicknell. In 1872 he visited Europe for study, chiefly Paris and Venice, and repeated the visit in 1875, 1878, and 1881. Elected an A. N. A. inlS7SandN.A.iiil880. Studios in Boston and New York. Of late years he has devoted himself principally to portrait painting, and has executed works now in the possession of W. K. Vanderbilt, Henry Clews, Charles Francklyu, W. Seward Webb, Buchanan Winthrop, and W. W. Astor, of New York ; and F. L. Ames, Amos A. Lawrence, Peter C. Brooks, Mrs. Hollis Hunnewell, James Lawrence, Arthur Lymau, T. F. dishing, and others, of Boston. PORTMAN, CHE1STIAAN JULIUS LO- DEWYCK, born at Amsterdam, Oct. 20, 1799. History, por- trait, and genre painter, pupil of Cor- nelis Kruseman, and much influenced by Jan Willem Piene- man ; went to Paris, where he studied un- der Lothier ; visited Belgium in 1822, Germany in 1828 and 1831, Paris again in 1829, and London in 1830. Member of Amsterdam Academy in 1825. Works : Admiral Ruyter by the Body of Tromp (1824), Teylers Museum, Haarlem ; Adam and Eve by the Body of Abel (1825); Duke of Saxe-Weimar at Leuven (1832); Fisherman's Family awaiting Return of Father after Storm (1833) ; Heemskerk taking Leave of Barends (1836) ; Peter the Great as Carpenter (1839) ; Luther at Me- lanchthon's Sick Bed (1839) ; Columbus in Chains sent to Europe (1840) ; Grandduke Alexander of Russia visiting the House of Peter the Great at Zaandam (1840), Old Man, 1 Amsterdam Museum. Immerzeel, ii. 321. PORTRAIT OF YOUNG MAN, Raph- ael, Louvre ; wood, H. 2 f t. x 1 ft. 6 in. Young man, head turned three-quarters to right, with light hair and black cap, leaning upon a table, his head resting on his right j hand. Painted about 1515-20. Supposed by some to be portrait of Raphael. En- graved by N. Edelinck ; Gandolfi ; F. Fors- ter ; Pannier. Musue francais ; Filhol, vi. PI. 371 ; Passavant, ii. 100 ; Cab. Crozat, i. PI. 10. PORTRAIT OF YOUNG WOMAN, Raphael, Uffizi, Florence ; wood. Young woman, half-length, full face, in Florentine costume, with a gold chain on her neck. An admirable picture in Raphael's first man- ner. Long supposed to be Maddalena, wife of Angelo Demi, and engraved by J. Scotto under that name. Passavant, i. 76 ; ii. 41 ; Moliui, Gall, di Firenze, i. 105 ; Miintz, 221. PORTMANN, WILHELM, born in Diis- seldorf in 1819. Landscape painter, pupil of Diisseldorf Academy under Schirmer. Takes his subjects chiefly from Swiss and Tyrolese Alps. Works : Susten Glacier ; Waterfall in Tyrol ; Storm in the Woods ; Torrent near Charnbt'ry ; Lake in Savoy ; Avalanche on Rosetta Alp ; Mountainous Landscape (184G), Ravene Gallery, Berlin ; Wood Landscape, Wiesbaden Gallery. His son Karl is a genre painter. D. Kunstbl. (1857), 225 ; Wiegmann, 395. POSCHINGER, RICHARD VON, born in Munich in 1839. Landscape painter, pu- pil of Lier ; travelled in the Netherlands, England, and France ; lives in Munich. Medals : Vienna, 1873 ; Sydenham, 1874, , 1875 ; Philadelphia, 1876. Works : Spring ; Moonlight ; Rainy Landscape ; Moonlight on South Coast of England ; Autumn near Dachau ; Strand near Dover ; Evening, Landscape with Sheep (Jubilee Exhibition, 1 Berlin, 188G).