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PETERS painter, daughter and pupil, in Stuttgart, of Picter Francis Peters ; visited Holland, Switzerland, Bavaria, and the Tyrol; executed decorations in royal castles at Stuttgart and Friedrichshafeu. Medals: Vienna, 1878; London, 1874 ; Munich, 187C ; Amsterdam and Antwerp, 1877. Works : Cat and Up- set Flower Pot ; Blossoms and Fruits ; Au- tumn Flowers; Magnolias and Glyciua ; Roses and Grapes, National Gallery, Ber- lin ; Autumn Flowers, Stuttgart Museum. Her sister Pctrouella (born in Stuttgart, March 4, 1848), pupil of her father, is a successful genre painter. Jordan (1885), ii. 1('>7 ; Kunst-Chronik, xx. 349 ; Miiller, 413. PETERS, PIETER FRANCIS, born at Nymwegen in 1818. Landscape painter, son and pupil of the glass painter of same name ; went in 1831! to Germany, and settled in 1845 at Stuttgart, whence he frequently visited the Tyrol, Switzerland, Italy, and France. With Herdtle he founded the per- manent Art Exhibition in Stuttgart. Med- als : London, 1872 ; Order of Michael, 18G9. Works : Drachenstein in the Suabian Alps ; Marble Quarry of Crestola ; Mill near Mo- naco ; View near Nymwegen ; Falls near Laufenburg ; Hohenaschau in Upper Ba- varia ; 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.). PETERSKN, JOHAN ERIK CHRIS- TIAN, 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 cam- paign of 1864, and went to America in 1805. Kunst-Chronik, ix. 498 ; Weilbach, 543. PETERSSEN, EILIF, born in Christi- ania, 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 Neth- erlands, and in Paris, and settled in his 1 native city. Medal, Munich, 187li. Works : Death of Corfitz Ulfeld ; Elizabeth of Swe- den interceding for Torbon Oxe, Hamburg Gallery ; Portrait of a Lady (1878), Christi- ania Gallery ; Kiss of Judas ; Instruction on the Piano (1879); Corte delle Mende in Venice (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886). Miiller, 414 ; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xviii. 709. PETIT, JEAN LOUIS, born in Paris, Nov. 30, 1795, died in 1876. History and marine painter, pupil of Mandevare, Re- gnault, and Remond. 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); Light- house of Honfleur (1831), Valenciennes Mu- seum ; View of the Tarn (1833) ; Old Gam- bling-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 Har- bour (1840), Caen Museum ; City and Port of Saint-Malo (1843), Cambrai Museum ; Harbour of Calais (1857), Boulogne Muse- um. Bellier, ii. 249 ; Larousse. PETIT, (FRANCOIS CHARLES) SAVI- NIEN, born at Frc'milly (Haute-Marne) in 1815, died in 1878. Religious painter, pu- pil of Auguste Hesse. Medals : 3d class, 1844 ; 2d class, 1855, 1857. W'orks: Christ expounding the Scriptures (1840) ; Fall of Eve (1841) ; Descent from Cross (1844) ; Institution of the Sacrament (1857) ; Christ and the Samaritan W 7 oman (1864). Bellier, ii. 248 ; Larousse. PETITJEAN, EDMOND, born at Neuf- chateau (Vosges) ; contemporary. Land- scape 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,