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 PEELLER ifs3 Kunstbl. (1837), i.; D. Kunstbl. (1855), 401 ; FGrster, v. 483, 487 ; Illustr. Zeitg. (1878), i. 307 ; (1879), ii. 85 ; Im neuen Reich (1878), No. 20 ; Graph. K., i. 34 ; Jordan (1885), ii. 171 ; Kunst-Chro- nik, xiii. 52C, 589, 610 ; xiv. 393 ; six. 513; Pecht, i. 209 ; Kcber, ii. 277 ; Roquette, Fr. P. (Frankfort, 1883) ; Roland, Zur Erriu- nerung an Fr. Preller (Weimar, 1878) ; Westermarm's Monatshefte, xlviii. C24 ; Zeit- schr. f. b. K., i. 17 ; xvii. 357 ; xviii. 2C2. PRELLER, FRIEDRICH, the younger, born in Weimar, Sept. 1, 1838. Landscape painter, son and pupil of preceding ; visited Italy in 1859-02 and in 18G4-G6, and bor- rows most of his subjects from there. Pro- fessor and Councillor at Dresden Academy. Works : Bay of Baia- ; Rocca di Papa ; Swiss Evening Landscape ; Tivoli ; Hanni- bal's Field ; Forum Romanum ; Convent of Scolastica near Subiaco, Dresden Gallery ; Prometheus, Hippolytus, Nero's Flight, The- seus leaving Naxos, Vestibule of Court The- atre, Dresden ; Twelve Scenes from Greek Mythology, Royal Box, ib. ; Four Views in Saxony (1878), Albrechtsburg, Meissen ; Ideal Landscape with Sappho (1879), Leip- sic Museum ; Lonely Ride (1884) ; Tivoli, View iu Rlft'm Mountains (Jubilee Exhibi- tion, Berlin, 1880). Miiller, 425; Kunst- Chronik, xi. 484 ; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xi. 384. PRESENTATION IN TEMPLE, Fra Barlolommeo, Vienna Museum ; wood, H. 4 ft. 11 in. x 5 ft. ; dated 1510. Simeon, stand- ing before the altar, holds the Child pre- sented by the Virgin ; on left, SS. Joseph, with two pigeons, Elizabeth, and Anna. Painted for Convent of S. Marco, Florence ; bought by Grand Duke Leopold I. in 1781 ; obtained by exchange from him by the Em- peror Joseph II. Engraved by A. Campa- nello ; Massard ; C. Rahl ; Langer. Gal. de Vienne, i. PI. 9 ; C. & C., Italy, iii. 470 ; Marchese, ii. 119 ; Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 190. By Carpaccio, Venice Academy ; wood, H. 13 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. ; signed, dated 1510. The Virgin, attended by two women, presents Jesus to Simeon the High Priest, who is represented as a pontiff between at- tendant cardinals, one of whom bears his mantle ; below, three boy angels playing musical instruments. Painted for S. Gi- obbe, Venice. Carpaccio's masterpiece. Of the three angels, the middle one playing on a lute is world-famed and widely known by photographs. C. & C., N. Italy, i. 207. Presentation in Temple, Fra Bartolommeo, Vienna Museum. By Domenico Ghirlindaju, S. M. Novella, Florence ; fresco iu the choir. By Guido Reni, Vienna Museum ; canvas, H. 10 ft, x G ft. 7 in. The Virgin, kneeling in prayer, attended by a train of women and by boys bearing candles ; behind the altar, Simeon, with Jesus iu his arms ; at his left, Joachim and Anna ; at his right, Joseph. In Guide's second manner. In foreground a little boy plays with two doves, and a girl kneeling offers two other doves for sacrifice. Sixteen figures. Replica, smaller, in the Louvre. Engraved by J. Kovatsch and by Couet. Gal. de Vienue, ii. PI. 65 ; Rcveil, xii. 812. By Andrea Manlegna, Berlin Museum ; canvas, tempera, H. 2 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. The Virgin presents Jesus to Simeon, in presence of Joseph, Anna, and another. Painted about 1464 ; formerly in Bembo 470