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 (1509) the Palazzo Chigi, called the Farnesina, and decorated its ceilings with frescos. He painted also many other frescos, the best of which are those in S. M. della Pace. In these he endeavoured to rival Michelangelo and Raphael, and some of them recall the grandeur of their works. In 1520 he succeeded Raphael as architect of St. Peter's, and held that position until the sack of Rome by the Spaniards in 1527, when he was captured and plundered of all he possessed. He was employed in architectural and engineering work until 1535, when he returned to Rome and began the Palazzo Massimi, which he did not live to finish. He was the last of the great artists of Siena.—C. & C., Italy, iii. 384; Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 569, 615; ed. Le Mon., viii. 219; Ch. Blanc, École florentine; Burckhardt, 82; Dohme, 2i.; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., ii. 410.

PESARESE, IL. See Cantarini, Simone.

PESARO, JACOPO, portrait, Titian, Antwerp Museum; wood, H. 4 ft. 9 in. × 6 ft. Jacopo (nicknamed Baffo from his bishopric of Paphos in Cyprus), in the dress of a Dominican, praying for victory before St. Peter, to whom Alexander VI., in full pontificals, is presenting him; in the distance, a military harbour, with galleys at anchor. Painted in 1503, when Pesaro was on the eve of sailing against Santa Maura. Passed from collection of Charles I. of England to Spain and to the Netherlands; presented in 1825 by William I. to municipality of Antwerp. Injured by repainting. Copy in Casa Lazara, Padua. See Madonna di Casa Pesaro.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 479; C. & C., Titian, i. 74.

PESCHEL, KARL GOTTLIEB, born in Dresden, March 31, 1798, died there, July 3, 1879. History painter, pupil of Dresden Academy under Pochmann (1762-1830); went in 1825 to Rome, where he contracted a life-long friendship with Ludwig Richter; after his return he painted frescos at Castle Pillnitz, and in 1838 assisted Bendemann in the decoration of the royal palace at Dresden, where he was professor at the Academy in 1837-77. Works: Rebekah at the Well; Entombment (1832), Weimar Museum; Joseph sold by his Brethren; Tobias; St. Stephen before the High Priests; Angels appearing to Jacob (1845), Come ye that are heavy laden! (1851), Dresden Gallery; Madonna (1829), Rebekah and Eliezer, Leipsic Museum; The Apostles crossing the Sea (1853), Schwerin Gallery; Crucifixion; Ezekiel under the Willows of Babylon (1858).—Cotta's Kunstbl. (1838), 253; D. Kunstbl. (1858), 151; Grosse, 56; Kaulen, 163; Kunst-Chronik, xiv. 731; Nagler, Mon., ii. 198.

PESELLINO, FRANCESCO, born in Florence in 1422, died there, June 29, 1457. Florentine school; real name Francesco di Stephano Giuochi; grandson and pupil of Giuliano Giuochi, called Pesello, whom he aided in experimenting with an oil medium. Francesco imitated Fra Filippo Lippi, according to Vasari, and this is evident if we accept as his work the predella of Lippi's altarpiece (three parts in Florence Academy and two in Louvre), and an Adoration of the Magi, Uffizi, which shows him to have been one of the best animal painters of his day. Among his other works are: Madonna, Städel Gallery, Frankfort; Trinity, National Gallery, London; Exhibition of a Relic, Liverpool Institution; and two predella scenes, Palazzo Doria, Rome.—C. & C., Italy, ii. 358; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., iv. 128, 180; ed. Mil., iii. 35, 41; Ch. Blanc, École florentine; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., i. 310.

PESELLO, born in Florence in 1367, died there, April 6, 1446. Florentine school; real name Giuliano d'Arrigo di