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 School in 1866-69. Gold medal, Berlin, 1858. Works: Mary and John returning from Christ's Tomb, Löwenstein Gallery, Moscow; Christ and the Adulteress, Mater Dolorosa (1860), Leipsic Museum; Contest of Archangel Michael and Satan (1861-66), Cologne Museum; Exposure of Moses; Finding of Moses; Resurrection (1867), Marienwerder Cathedral; Christ's Farewell of his Mother, Christ's Walk to Emmaus, H. L. Dousman, St. Louis; Christ appearing to Mary Magdalen; Portraits of Emperor William and Empress Augusta (1876), National Gallery, Berlin; Guardian Angel, Gift from Heaven (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Illustr. Zeitg. (1875), i. 453; (1877), i. 263; Jordan (1885), ii.; Land und Meer (1868), ii. 525; Müller, 421; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 223; Zeitschr. f. b. K., iii. 36; vi. 106.

PLOUGH, THE, Frederick Walker, Messrs. Agnew, London. A man ploughing, with a boy helping him with the horses; a sunset sky with the moon rising, and in background an immense granitic quarry-*face. Royal Academy, 1870; Walker Exhibition, 1875, after the painter's death; exhibited at Agnew Gallery, London, 1886.

PLOUGHING IN NIÈVRE (Labourage nivernais), Rosa Bonheur, Luxembourg Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft. 4 in. × 8 ft. 6 in. Two teams of six oxen each ploughing in an open field, with a wooded hill in the background at left. Time, evening. Salon, 1849.

PLÜDDEMANN, HERMANN (FREIHOLD), born at Kolberg, July 17, 1809, died in Dresden, June 24, 1868. History painter, first instructed in Magdeburg by Sieg, then pupil in Berlin of Begas, and (1831-37) of Düsseldorf Academy under Schadow; lived at Düsseldorf until 1848, when he removed to Dresden; treated chiefly subjects from mediæval history, saga and poetry in the spirit of the romanticists. Well known as illustrator of several popular works. Works: Loreley (1833); Death of Roland at Roncesvalles (1834); Columbus discovering Land (1836), National Gallery, Berlin; Death of Columbus (1840); Entry of Columbus into Barcelona (1842); Columbus at La Ràbida (1845); Finding of Barbarossa's Body (1846); Columbus in Chains landing at Cadiz (1848); Landgrave Ludwig the Iron of Thuringia (1849); Crusaders at a Well (1850); Columbus disputing with the Junta at Salamanca (1856); Barbarossa as Umpire at Besançon (1860), Dresden Gallery; Prince Henry and Falstaff (1860); Conradin on the Scaffold, Stettin Museum; Emperor Henry IV. at Canossa (1863); Wallenstein and Seni. In fresco: Finding of Barbarossa's Body (1841), Castle Heltorf; Scenes from Mediæval Life (1843), Town Hall, Elberfeld.—Andresen, iv. 228; Blanckarts, 13; Wolfg. Müller, Düsseldf. K., 83; Riegel, D. Kunst-stud., 424; Wiegmann, 149.

PLUMB, HENRY G., born at Sherburne, N. Y., in 1847. Genre painter, pupil of National Academy, New York, and of École des Beaux Arts, Paris; also studied under Gérôme and Yvon, remaining four years in Europe. Exhibited first in 1878 at Paris Salon. Studio in New York. Works: À votre santé (1879); A Smile for the Old Gentleman, Pet Canary (1880); Going Halves, Tropical Birds (1881); Comfortable Berth, First Ride (1882); Fresh from the Well, Pull for the Shore (1883). Water-*colour: Comin' thro' the Rye, T. B. Clarke, New York.

POCAHONTAS, BAPTISM OF, John G. Chapman, rotunda of Capitol, Washington; canvas, H. 12 ft. × 18 ft. Baptism of Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, before her marriage to John Rolfe, at Jamestown, Virginia, April, 1613. Painted in 18— for $10,000. Engraved on back of $20 United States national bank notes.

POCCETTI, BERNARDINO, born in Florence in 1548, died there, Nov. 9, 1612. Florentine school; real name Bernardino Barbatelli; pupil of Michele di Ridolfo, but afterwards studied works of Raphael and other masters in Rome. He was a success