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 of Handeck (1850), Falls of Schaffhausen (1866), National Gallery, Berlin; Swiss Landscape (1852), Ravené Gallery, ib.; Wood Interior, Provinzialmuseum, Hanover; Lake of Brienz, Montreux on Lake of Geneva, Lake of Luzerne, Wood Landscape, Stettin Museum; Riviera di Levante, Swiss Landscape (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Jordan (1885), ii. 166; Müller, 406; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 345.

PAPELEU, VICTOR DE, born at Ghent, Feb. 10, 1810, died there in 1881. Landscape painter, pupil in Paris of Jules Dupré and of Achille Benouville, after having studied law and travelled all over Europe, and spent several years in the East and in Italy. Lived mostly in Paris, and in 1874 gave a special exhibition of his works at the Cercle de l'Union artistique. Works: Views in the Landes (1857, 1859, 1861, 1867); Downs of Pas-de-Calais (1859); Marina grande in Capri (1865); Naples and Bay of Salerno (1866); Sunrise on Coast of St. Raphael (1868); several other Views about St. Raphael (1869, 1870, 1872, 1878); Var Valley near Nice (1874); The Meuse at Dordrecht, Boulevard de la Madeleine (1875); Interior Port of Ghent (1876); Low Tide in September (1877); Entrance to Harbour of Ostend, Villiers-sur-Morin in Autumn (1879); Coast of Finistère (1880).—Bellier, ii. 198; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xx. 758.

PAPETY, DOMINIQUE (LOUIS FÉRÉAL), born at Marseilles, Aug. 12, 1815, died there, Sept. 19, 1849. Genre painter, pupil of Léon Cogniet and of the École des Beaux Arts, where he won the grand prix de Rome in 1836. Made many sketches in Italy and Greece, and gave promise of a brilliant future, which was cut short by an early death. Works: Saving of Moses (1838); Council of the Gods (1841, copy of Raphael's fresco); Dream of Happiness (1843); St. Hilarion (1844); William of Clermont defending Ptolemaïs (1845), Versailles Museum; Madonna Consolatrix (1846), Italian Types, Marseilles Museum; Solon dictating his Laws (1846); Serenade to the Madonna, Nantes Museum; Finding of Moses, Story of Telemachus (1847), Leipsic Museum; Monks discovering a Chapel on Mt. Athos (1847); Portrait of the Architect Vivenel.—Larousse; Bellier, ii. 198.

PAPPERITZ, GUSTAV FRIEDRICH, born in Dresden, Jan. 27, 1813, died there, Jan. 26, 1861. Landscape and genre painter, pupil of Dresden Academy under Clausen-Dahl, then studied in Munich, and visited Italy and Spain. Works: Valley of Elche in Spain (1857), Dresden Gallery; View near Laubegast on the Elbe, Leipsic Museum; Ruin of Petersberg near Halle; Sicilian Pilgrimage Scene; Anniversary Day of Sedan (1875).—D. Kunstbl. (1850), 55; Nagler, Mon., ii. 1037; Illustr. Zeitg. (1876), ii. 196.

PARADISE (Printemps, Spring), Nicolas Poussin, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. × 5 ft. 3 in. In a rich landscape, near a mass of rocks and a cascade, Adam is seated on the turf, while Eve, upon one knee, takes him by the arm and points to the tree of knowledge. Above, at right, the Father Eternal upon clouds. One of a series of four painted in 1660-64 for Duc de Richelieu, whence passed to Louis XIV. Engraved by J. Audran.—Filhol, iv. Pl. 256; Landon.

By Tintoretto, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. 8 in. × 11 ft. 10 in. Christ in glory crowns the Virgin; on each side, the apostles; below, in order, the evangelists, fathers, and doctors of the church, virgins, confessors, and martyrs. This picture is not a sketch for the famous Paradise of the Palazzo Ducale, Venice.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.

By Tintoretto, Palazzo Ducale, Venice; canvas, 30 ft. × 74 ft. The largest oil-painting in the world, containing more than 400 figures; on the only one of the four walls of the Sala del Maggiore Consiglio which is not pierced by windows. In the centre is Christ, leaning on the globe of the earth, crowned with a glory which lights all the picture, descending through circle beneath circle of cloud and of flying spirits.