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 Pordenone, taking the name of Regillo, settled at Venice, where his services were eagerly sought, as Titian was out of favour with the Venetian rulers. He covered the walls of many palaces with frescos, and executed several public works, all of which have perished. The Glory of St. Lorenzo Giustiniani, Venice Academy, is one of the finest pictures of Pordenone, and the altarpiece in S. Giovanni Elemosinario, Venice, is also a noble though much damaged work. Among the few easel pictures ascribed to him are: Madonna of Ottobon family, Venice Academy; Salome, Palazzo Doria, Rome; St. George and the Dragon, Quirinal, Rome; Madonna, Church of Torre in Friuli; Madonna with Saints, Church of Moriago, near Treviso; Calling of St. Matthew, Woman in Mourning Dress, Dresden Museum; Taking of Christ, Gotha Museum; Assumption, Portrait of a Lady, Madrid Museum; Old Man tempting Young Girl, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Assumption, Portrait of a Lady, Madrid Museum; An Apostle, National Gallery, London.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 238; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., vii. 87; ix. 26; xi. 252; ed. Mil., v. 103; Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., ii. 591.

PORION, CHARLES, born at Amiens; contemporary. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Drölling and of Ingres. Medal, 3d class, 1844; L. of Honour, 1884. Works: Spanish Dance (1844); Bull Race at Seville (1846); El Descanso—custom of Valencia (1857), Bordeaux Museum; Gypsies of Constantine (1866); Queen of Spain surrounded by Principal Dignitaries of the Army (1868); Edward III. of England doing Homage to Philip of Valois, Amiens Museum.—Bellier, ii. 299.

PORTA, BARTOLOMMEO DELLA. See Bartolommeo, Fra.

PORTA, GIUSEPPE, born at Castelnuovo di Garfagnana about 1520, died in Venice about 1575. Venetian school; pupil in Rome of Francesco Salviati, from whom he acquired name of younger Salviati. Followed his master to Florence, Bologna, and finally Venice, where he remained after Salviati's return to Rome. Falling under the influence of Titian he abandoned the Roman style, became the intimate friend of that great painter, and was selected by him to assist in decorating the Library of St. Mark, in company with Paolo Veronese, both being paid at a higher rate than the other assistants. After the death of Salviati (1563), Porta was invited by Pius IV. to Rome to aid in decorating the Vatican, where he painted, in the Sala Regia, Barbarossa doing Homage to Alexander III., and won general admiration. After his return to Venice he executed works in the Palazzo Ducale, which were destroyed in the fire of 1577. Giuseppe was a good designer, skilful in composition, and a vigorous and brilliant colourist. He excelled in the treatment of costumes, ornaments, and architectural accessories. The Dead Christ held by Angels, Dresden Museum.—Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., xii. 81; ed. Mil., vii. 45.

PORTAELS, JEAN FRANÇOIS, born at Vilvorde, near Brussels, May 1, 1818. History, genre, and portrait painter, pupil of Navez and in Paris of Delaroche; won the grand prize for Rome in 1841, and afterward visited the East, Spain, and Hungary. Member and (since 1878) director of Brussels Academy; Order of Leopold, 1851. Medal: Paris, 2d class, 1855. Works: Star of Bethlehem; Flight into Egypt; Rebekah; Funeral in the Desert; Leah and Rachel; Daughter of Jephthah and Daughter of Zion; Suicide of Judas; Box in the Theatre at Buda-Pesth; Girl from Istria; Drought in Egypt (1873); Gypsies; Jewess from Tangier (1876); The Simoom (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886); Bohemian Cabin, J. H. Stebbins, New York; Jealousy, C. H.