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 painter, daughter and pupil, in Stuttgart, of Pieter Francis Peters; visited Holland, Switzerland, Bavaria, and the Tyrol; executed decorations in royal castles at Stuttgart and Friedrichshafen. Medals: Vienna, 1873; London, 1874; Munich, 1876; Amsterdam and Antwerp, 1877. Works: Cat and Upset Flower Pot; Blossoms and Fruits; Autumn Flowers; Magnolias and Glycina; Roses and Grapes, National Gallery, Berlin; Autumn Flowers, Stuttgart Museum. Her sister Petronella (born in Stuttgart, March 4, 1848), pupil of her father, is a successful genre painter.—Jordan (1885), ii. 167; Kunst-Chronik, xx. 349; Müller, 413.

PETERS, PIETER FRANCIS, born at Nymwegen in 1818. Landscape painter, son and pupil of the glass painter of same name; went in 1836 to Germany, and settled in 1845 at Stuttgart, whence he frequently visited the Tyrol, Switzerland, Italy, and France. With Herdtle he founded the permanent Art Exhibition in Stuttgart. Medals: London, 1872; Order of Michael, 1869. Works: Drachenstein in the Suabian Alps; Marble Quarry of Crestola; Mill near Monaco; View near Nymwegen; Falls near Laufenburg; Hohenaschau in Upper Bavaria; Hunter's Lodge in Winter; Granada; Hornberg; Liebenzell (40 water-colours); Isle of Meinau (20 do.); Views in Franconia (15 do.); do. in East Switzerland (10 do.).

PETERSEN, JOHAN ERIK CHRISTIAN, born in Copenhagen, April 3, 1839, died in Boston, March 19, 1874. Marine painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy, then of Melbye and Dahl; took part in campaign of 1864, and went to America in 1865.—Kunst-Chronik, ix. 498; Weilbach, 543.

PETERSSEN, EILIF, born in Christiania, Sept. 4, 1852. History painter, pupil in Carlsruhe of Riefstahl and Descoudres, then in Munich of Diez; formed himself chiefly during travels in Italy and the Netherlands, and in Paris, and settled in his native city. Medal, Munich, 1876. Works: Death of Corfitz Ulfeld; Elizabeth of Sweden interceding for Torbon Oxe, Hamburg Gallery; Portrait of a Lady (1878), Christiania Gallery; Kiss of Judas; Instruction on the Piano (1879); Corte delle Mende in Venice (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Müller, 414; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xviii. 769.

PETIT, JEAN LOUIS, born in Paris, Nov. 30, 1795, died in 1876. History and marine painter, pupil of Mandevare, Regnault, and Rémond. Appointed professor of design in Stanislas College, Paris, in 1831. Medals: 3d class, 1834; 2d class, 1838; 1st class, 1841; L. of Honour, 1864. Works: Wrecked Bark (1819); Festival of Diana (1822); Fight between Roland and Rodomont (1827); Moonlight (1829); Lighthouse of Honfleur (1831), Valenciennes Museum; View of the Tarn (1833); Old Gambling-Room in Toulouse (1834); Port-Bail near Cherbourg (1834), Boulogne Museum; Sands of Port-Bail (1834); Rescue (1835); View of Calais (1836); Fort of Tatihou (1837); Harbour of St. Waast-La-Hogue (1837), Grenoble Museum; Harbour of Cherbourg, and the six French harbours on the Channel (1838); View of Granville Harbour (1840), Caen Museum; City and Port of Saint-Malo (1843), Cambrai Museum; Harbour of Calais (1857), Boulogne Museum.—Bellier, ii. 249; Larousse.

PETIT, (FRANÇOIS CHARLES) SAVINIEN, born at Frémilly (Haute-Marne) in 1815, died in 1878. Religious painter, pupil of Auguste Hesse. Medals: 3d class, 1844; 2d class, 1855, 1857. Works: Christ expounding the Scriptures (1840); Fall of Eve (1841); Descent from Cross (1844); Institution of the Sacrament (1857); Christ and the Samaritan Woman (1864).—Bellier, ii. 248; Larousse.

PETITJEAN, EDMOND, born at Neufchâteau (Vosges); contemporary. Landscape and marine painter. Works: Village near Dordrecht (1875); Canal, ib., The Moselle near Dieulouard (1876); Pilots' Stockade in Rough Weather (1877); Village Mill in Holland (1878); Pier at Vliessingen,