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 or in 1632. Dutch school; marine painter, supposed pupil of Hendrik C. Vroom, more probably developed under the influence of Adam Willaerts; living in 1615 in Antwerp, where he was master of the guild in 1617, then in Haarlem (1622-28) and at The Hague (1629); was skilful in representing the sea in its more terrible phases, and in his time considered the greatest painter of storms. Works: Seaport, Madrid Museum; Vessels at Sea, Berlin Museum; do. (1629), Old Pinakothek, Munich; do., Gotha Museum, and Oldenburg Gallery; Whaling (1664), Amalienstift, Dessau.—Descamps (Marseilles, 1840), i. 252; Kramm, v. 1270; Meyer, Museen, 351; Kunst-Chronik, viii. 29; xviii. 604; Rep. f. K., i. 68; Siret (1883), ii. 128; Van den Branden, 843; Van der Willigen, 242; Zeitschr. f. b. K., vii. 176.

PORCELLIS, JULIUS (? or Johannes), born at Leyden (?), died at Leyderdorp (?). Dutch school; marine painter, supposed son and pupil of preceding, although nothing authentic is known beyond the fact that one Johannes Percellis van Delden entered the guild at Leyden in 1658, was dean in 1660, and still living in 1680. Works, signed J. P., uncertain whether by father or son, in Darmstadt Museum, Städel Gallery, Frankfort, and Schönborn Gallery, Vienna.—Rep. f. K., i. 72.

PORCIUNCULA, LA. See Francis of Assisi.

PORDENONE, BERNARDINO LICINIO DA, of Pordenone, born about beginning of 16th century, died after 1541. Venetian school; kinsman of G. A. Pordenone; educated in Friuli, and later lived in Venice. Earliest pictures dated 1524; latest, 1541. His strength lay in portraits, and he was fond of family groups, though he painted some religious pieces. Works: Madonna and Saints (1535), Frari, Venice; do., Sarego; Salome, Palazzo Sciarra, Rome; Holy Family and Saints, Palazzo Borghese, ib.; Holy Family, Palazzo Doria, ib.; do., Palazzo Balbi, Genoa; Madonna and Saints, Rovigo Gallery; Madonna and Saints, Four Saints, Venice Academy; Female Portrait, Dresden Gallery; do., Buda-Pesth Gallery; Lady and Spinet, Portrait of Himself and Family, Hampton Court; Adoration of Magi, Portraits, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 293; Burckhardt, 732.

PORDENONE, GIOVANNI ANTONIO LICINIO DA, born at Pordenone in 1483, died at Ferrara in 1539. Venetian school. He bore many names. About 1517 he assumed the title of De Corticellis or Cuticelli, from his father's native village near Brescia; afterwards called Sacchiensis or De Sacchis, and lastly Regillo or Licinio. His descendants took the name of Regillo. A pupil of Pellegrino, he learned at Venice to imitate Palma and Giorgione, and in his subsequent career acquired something from Correggio, Titian, Raphael, and Michelangelo. At his best he remained second to Titian, and when careless he sank to a still lower level. Pordenone executed many frescos in Friulian churches, most of which have greatly suffered from time and by restoration. In 1528 he went to Venice and decorated the tribune of S. Rocco with frescos, no longer extant. Two pictures on panels by him are in this church: St. Martin and St. Christopher. The next year Pordenone painted several compositions in chapels of the Madonna di Campagna, Piacenza, now much injured, and subsequently executed frescos in the palace of Andrea Doria, Genoa, and in S. Pietro, Treviso. He also finished a Trinity for Santissima Trinità, San Daniele, and began for the Duomo of Pordenone an altarpiece, Glory of St. Mark, which, though unfinished, shows great talent. In 1535 King John of Hungary sent him a patent of knighthood; and