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 Return of Ulysses, Castle Howard, England.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 405; Burckhardt, 682; Vatout, Palais de Fontainebleau (Paris, 1852); Reiset, Gaz. des Beaux Arts (1859), iii. 193; W. & W., ii. 788; Laborde, Renaissance à la cour de France (1850-55); Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise.

PRIMO, EL, or EL ESCRIBANO, Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 4 in. × 2 ft. 9 in. A dwarf, in black dress and broad-brimmed hat, seated on a stone, turning the leaves of a book on his lap; on ground, other books and an inkstand. Probably painted in 1644. Copy by Guignet in École des Beaux Arts, Paris. Engraved by F. Muntaner; etched by F. Goya; Laguillermie; B. Maura; Pineda; Pirie; H. Guérard.—Curtis, 31; Portfolio (1873), 49; Madrazo, 628.

PRIMO, LUIS, called Gentile, born in Brussels in 1606, died in Rome in 1670. Flemish school; history and portrait painter, lived for thirty years in Rome, where he became a member of the Accademia di S. Luca, and, by the elegance of his style and personal demeanour, acquired the above surname. Works: Christ Crucified, St. Michael's, Ghent; Phœbus in his Chariot; St. Raimund; St. Charles Borromeo and the Plague-Stricken, Ghent Museum; Portrait of Pope Alexander VII.—Déschamps (Marseilles, 1840), i. 298; Immerzeel, i. 275,

PRINCES IN THE TOWER, Paul Delaroche, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 5 ft. 11 in. × 7 ft.; signed, dated 1830. Children of Edward IV.—Edward V. and Richard, Duke of York, his younger brother—in the Tower of London. Supposed to have been murdered in the Tower of London in 1483 by order of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III. Salon, 1831. Formerly in Luxembourg.—Engraved by Prudhomme.

By Sir John E. Millais, Bart., Holloway Institute, Egham, near London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 1 in. × 3 ft. 3 in. Two fair-haired boys, full-length, dressed in black, stand on a winding staircase, looking anxiously as if in dread of some one descending behind them, indicated by the shadow of a man on the wall. The young king wears the Garter. Royal Academy, 1878; painted from a sketch made in the Tower at the foot of the staircase where, in the reign of Charles II., the bones of two youths were discovered. Purchased by Mr. Holloway at the E. T. Coleman sale (1881), for £3,990. Engraved by S. Cousins; Lumb Stocks.—Art Journal (1884), 7.

PRINCESS ELIZABETH, Sir John E. Millais, Bart., Holloway Institute, Egham, near London; canvas, H. 4 ft. 2 in. × 3 ft. 7-1/2 in. The Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Charles I., imprisoned in St. James's, is seated at a cabinet in the act of writing a letter to the Parliamentary Commissioners begging them to allow her to retain the servants she was accustomed to. The cabinet, which was formerly at Theobalds, the favourite house of James I., now belongs to the painter. Painted in 1879; Fine Art Society, 1881. Engraved by T. L. Atkinson.

PRINCETEAU, RENÉ, born at Libourne (Gironde); contemporary. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of the École des Beaux Arts; is also a sculptor. Medal, 3d class, 1883. Works: Patrol of Uhlans surprised by Franc-tireurs (1872); Portrait of Marshal MacMahon (1874); Horses frightened by Train, Halt (1875); Return from Walk (1878); On Vedette (1879); Old Solitary, The Two Neighbours (1880); Relays (1881); Hallali (1882); Stable Interior (1883); Ox at Labour (1884); Span of Oxen drawing Manure (1885); Return to the Farm during Inundation (1886).—Bellier, ii. 317.

PRINETTI, CONSTANTINO, born at Canobbio in 1830, died in Milan in 1855. Landscape painter, pupil of Milan Academy under Canella, visited Germany, the Netherlands, Paris, Normandy, England, and Scotland. Works: Lake of Brienz (1853 and 1855); Battlefield of Naefels (1854); Castle Dundas, The Thames with Houses of Parliament, Street in Edinburgh, Valsasina, November Sun on Lago Maggiore, Monte di Colico, Grotto of Catullus on Lago di