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 under Behrendsen, and of Düsseldorf Academy under Dücker; travelled extensively in Germany and Switzerland; lives in Düsseldorf. Works: View on Kurish Haff; Landscape in Holstein; View in Hartz Mountains; Schwendi Alp in Switzerland; Autumn Morning; Landscape with Cows.—Müller, 411.

PERCELLES. See Porcellis.

PEREDA, ANTONIO DE, born at Valladolid in 1599, died in Madrid in 1669. Spanish school; pupil of Pedro de las Cuevas; when only eighteen years old painted a Conception which won him reputation. Employed by the Duke of Olivárez, he painted soon after, in the Palace of Buen Retiro, the Raising of the Siege of Genoa, for which he received five hundred ducats. His masterpiece, The Disenchantment of Life, is in the Academy of San Fernando. Other works: St. Jerome, Madrid Museum; Fruits and Musical Instruments, Louvre, Paris; Fruit-Piece, Brussels Museum; Fortune Teller, Carlsruhe Gallery; Officers playing at Draughts, Spanish Nobleman, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Still-life (two, 1652), Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Stirling, ii. 701; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Viardot, 263; Madrazo, 515.

PEREIRA, GONÇALVES, born in Lisbon, July 23, 1839, died Oct. 2, 1878. Animal painter, pupil of Lisbon Academy, especially successful in painting the horse; was also a sculptor, and as such excelled in portraits. Works: Vista da Tapata; Turtle Dove and Cat; Romeo and Juliet (Doves); many horse pictures.—Meyer, Conv. Lex., xx. 764.

PEREIRA, LEONEL MARQUES, born in Lisbon, Feb. 25, 1828. Genre painter, pupil and member of Lisbon Academy. Medal: Spanish Order of Isabella. Works: Market; Village Festival.

PERGER, SIGMUND FERDINAND VON, Ritter, born in Vienna, Aug. 17, 1778, died there in 1841. History and animal painter, pupil of Vienna Academy; went to Italy in 1810, became court-painter in 1817, and custodian of the Belvedere Gallery in 1825. Works: Eucles bringing News of Victory at Marathon (1809); Horse-Race at Kopcsán (1816); Napoleon's Battle-Horse, William of Albarack compelling Alfred I. to marry his Daughter (1820); Margrave Leopold refusing Imperial Crown (1824); African Horse pursued by Tiger (1826); Abduction of Ganymede (1828); Horse Stable (1830); Stallions Playing (1832); Homer singing at Athens (1834); Emperor Rudolph I. at Royal Banquet in Aachen, Cupid fleeing from Psyche (1835).—Wurzbach, xxii. 13.

PERICLES, picture. See Aristolaus.

PÉRIGNON, ALEXIS, born in Paris in 1806, died there in April, 1882. Genre, history, and more especially portrait painter; pupil of his father, Alexis Nicolas (1785-1864), and of Gros. Medals: 3d class, 1836; 2d class, 1838; 1st class, 1844; L. of Honour, 1856; Officer, 1870. Works: Death of Montaigne (1836); Woman taken in Adultery (1838); Christ carrying the Cross (1840); Christ in the Garden, Roger and Angelica (1841); Portraits of the King of Belgium and others.—Bellier, ii. 234; Courrier de l'Art (1881-82), 156; Larousse.

PERIN, ALPHONSE, born in Paris, March 12, 1798, died in 1875. History and portrait painter, pupil of Guérin and of the École des Beaux Arts; went to Rome in 1827, became intimate with Orsel, and was influenced, like him, by the so-called Nazarites, Overbeck, Veit, and others. Medals: 2d class, 1827; L. of Honour, 1854. Works: Samaritan Woman, Holy Family (1827); Italian Landscapes. Mural paintings: Glorification of the Eucharist, etc., Notre Dame de Lorette.—Bellier, ii. 235, 305; Larousse.

PERINO or PIERINO. See Vaga, Perino del.

PERNHARDT, MARCUS, born at Untermieger, Carinthia, July 6, 1824. Landscape painter, pupil in Klagenfurt of Eduard von Moro; excels in winter landscapes. Works: