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PASSIGNANO, DOMENICO DA, Cavaliere, born at Passignano about 1550, died in Florence, May 17, 1638. Florentine school; real name Domenico Cresti; pupil successively of Girolamo Macchietti, Battista Naldini, and of Federigo Zucchero, whom he aided in painting the cupola of S. M. del Fiore (the Duomo), Florence, and with whom he went in 1581 to Venice, where he profited by the advice of Paolo Veronese; returned to Florence in 1589, and was thrice called to Rome,—by Clement VIII., who made him a knight of the Order of Christ, by Paul V., and in 1625 to execute important works. Though neither correct in design nor select in his forms, he aided in the reform of the Florentine school by improving the taste for colour. He was a prolific and rapid painter, and many of his pictures have faded. He formed many pupils, among others, Alessandro Tiarini and Lodovico Carracci. Perhaps his most perfect work is a Glory in the Church of the Fathers of Vallombrosa at Passignano. Other works: Finding of the Cross, Louvre, Paris; Adoration of the Shepherds (1600), Darmstadt Museum; Banquet of Ahasuerus, Vienna Museum; Entombment, Palazzo Borghese, Rome; Assumption, S. Andrea della Valle, ib.; Dead Christ, Capella di Mondragone, Frascati; Christ bearing the Cross, Collegio S. Giovannino, Florence; Descent of the Holy Ghost, S. Maria Maggiore, ib.; Assumption, St. Andrew, St. Peter, Academy, ib.; Christ bearing the Cross, Madonna, Artist's Portrait, Uffizi, ib.; others in Palazzo Brignole, Genoa, and S. Martino, Lucca.—Ch. Blanc, École florentine; Burckhardt, 766; Lanzi, (Roscoe), i. 215.

PASSINI, LUDWIG, born in Vienna, July 9, 1832. Genre painter, son of the engraver, Johann Passini, pupil of Vienna Academy under Kupelwieser, Führich, and Ender; went in 1850 to Trieste, thence to Venice, allied himself to Karl Werner and accompanied him to Dalmatia and Rome, where he settled in 1855; after his marriage, in 1864, he lived for several years in Berlin, returned to Rome, and in 1873 settled in Venice. Ranks among the first masters in water-colour. Member of Vienna, Berlin, and Venice Academies. Medals: Berlin, 1866, 1871; Paris, 1870; Vienna, 1873; L. of Honour, 1878. Works: Young Priest Catechizing; Girls' School; Choir Masters at Church (1870), National Gallery, Berlin; Vespers at St. Paul's, Rome; Confessional; Ponte della Paglia; Melon-Seller at Chioggia; Girl with Doll; Madonna del Humilladero; Reader of Tasso among Fishermen at Chioggia (1874); Il Passeggio, Viaticum, Lisetta (1883).—Allgem. K. C., x. 232; Illustr. Zeitg. (1869), ii. 271; Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 510; xix. 510; xxi. 547; Kunst für Alle, i. 177; Müller, 408; Zeitschr. f. b. K., iv. 15; vi. 172; viii. (Mittheilungen, i. 57).

PASTORIS DI CASABROSSO, Conte FEDERIGO, born at Asti, Italy; contemporary. Genre painter. Works: Monks going to Prayer, University Library of Turin; Country Life in Piedmont; Rope Dancer; Bishop's Banquet; Harvest and Vintage.

PASTURE, ROGELET DE LA. See Weyden.

PATEL, PIERRE, born in Picardy (?) about 1605, died in Paris, Aug. 5, 1676. French school; son of a landscape painter of the same name, and pupil of Simon Vouet. His landscapes somewhat resemble those of Claude Lorrain. Was employed to decorate the apartments of Anne of Austria in the Louvre. Works: Exposure of Moses, Moses burying the Egyptian he Killed, Landscape with Animals, do. with Architecture, Louvre, Paris; Landscapes in Museums of Besançon, Marseilles (2), Montpellier, Nantes