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 *bows on the sill of a window, laughing as he looks out. Marquis of Lansdowne sale (1806), £115 10s.; presented to National Gallery in 1826 by M. Zachary. Engraved by J. Rogers, W. Humphreys, W. H. Watt, W. Ward.—Curtis, 276; Jones, Nat. Gal., Pl. 75; Cunningham, Cabinet Gal., ii. 33.

PEASANT GIRL, Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 2 ft. 9 in. × 2 ft. Half-length, standing, holding to her face with right hand the end of a scarf which covers her head; in left hand, a basket of fruit; on right, a wall. Companion to Peasant Boy (Hermitage), which see. Engraved by C. Weisbrod; lithographed by V. Dollet.—Curtis, 282; Armengaud, La Russie; Art Journal, Oct., 186; Gaz. des B. Arts (1875), xi. 43; Scott, Murillo.

PÉCHEUX, LAURENT, born at Lyons in 1721, died in Turin in 1821. History painter, pupil of Mengs at Rome, where and in other Italian cities he spent the greater part of his life. He finally became painter to the King of Sardinia and director of the school of painting at Turin. Member of the Turin Academy. Works: Frescos in the Casino of the Villa Borghese.—Cotta's Kunstblatt (1821), 360.

PECHMANN, HEINRICH VON, Baron, born at Würzburg, March 10, 1826. Portrait, genre, and history painter, pupil of Munich Academy and of Philipp Foltz; served as officer in the army in 1848-53; visited France in 1858 and Italy in 1863-64. Works: Four fresco paintings, National Museum, Madrid; six do. at Staffelsee, Bavaria; Altarpiece, Kupferberg, ib.; Return from Baptism; Jacob and Rachel at the Well; Peasant Women near Florence; many portraits.

PECHT, AUGUST FRIEDRICH, born at Constance, Oct. 2, 1814. History, genre, and portrait painter, and illustrator, pupil of Munich Academy, then in Paris of Delaroche; lived alternately in Munich, Leipsic, and Dresden, painting chiefly portraits; visited England in 1848, Italy in 1851-54, and settled in Munich. Distinguished as a writer on art. Court painter to Grand Duke of Baden. Medal: Vienna. Works: Hostess' Daughter; Goethe reading his Faust Fragment at Court of Carlsruhe, Carlsruhe Museum; Schiller's Reception after Performance of "Robbers" at Mannheim; Conquest of Venice in 1849; Henry VIII. and Anna Boleyn at Cardinal Wolsey's, Schwerin Gallery; Goethe's Introduction at Court of Weimar; Characters from Schiller's Works, with A. von Ramberg); Lessing, Goethe, and Shakespeare Galleries. In fresco: Statesmen and Generals (1866-70), National Museum, Munich; Scenes from Local History, Town Hall, Constance.—Müller, 410; Dr. Vinc. Müller, München, 164; Prutz, D. Mus. (1859), 517; Land und Meer (1874), ii. 926.

PECORI, DOMENICO, born at Arezzo about 1450. Florentine school; pupil of Bartolommeo della Gatta, through whose medium Signorelli and Perugino are reflected in his style. His Adoration of the Virgin is in the Sacristy of the Pieve, and his Virgin of Mercy in S. M. della Pieve, Areggio.—C. & C., Italy, iii. 43; Vasari, v. 51, 198.

PEDIUS, QUINTUS, Roman painter, latter part of 1st century B.C. He was grandson of the Consul Q. Pedius, nephew of Julius Cæsar, and was brought up a painter because he had been born dumb. He died in youth, after making great progress in art.—Pliny, xxxv. 7 [21].

PEDRINI, GIOVANNI, called sometimes Giampetrino, flourished in Milan about 1520-50. Milanese school; history painter, supposed pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, but probably only an imitator. Works: Magdalen, Brera, Milan; Madonna, S. Sepolcro, ib.; do. (1521), San Marino, Pavia; Magdalen Penitent, St. Catharine, Berlin Museum; Madonna in a Landscape, Carlsruhe Gal