- bows on the sill of a window, laughing as
he looks out. Marquis of Lansdowne sale (1806), £115 10s.; presented to National Gallery in 1826 by M. Zachary. Engraved by J. Rogers, W. Humphreys, W. H. Watt, W. Ward.—Curtis, 276; Jones, Nat. Gal., Pl. 75; Cunningham, Cabinet Gal., ii. 33.
PEASANT GIRL, Murillo, Hermitage,
St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 2 ft. 9 in. × 2 ft.
Half-length, standing, holding to her face
with right hand the end of a scarf which
covers her head; in left hand, a basket of
fruit; on right, a wall. Companion to Peasant
Boy (Hermitage), which see. Engraved
by C. Weisbrod; lithographed by V. Dollet.—Curtis,
282; Armengaud, La Russie; Art
Journal, Oct., 186; Gaz. des B. Arts (1875),
xi. 43; Scott, Murillo.
PÉCHEUX, LAURENT, born at Lyons
in 1721, died in Turin in 1821. History
painter, pupil of Mengs at Rome, where
and in other Italian cities he spent the
greater part of his life. He finally became
painter to the King of Sardinia and director
of the school of painting at Turin.
Member of the Turin Academy. Works:
Frescos in the Casino of the Villa Borghese.—Cotta's
Kunstblatt (1821), 360.
PECHMANN, HEINRICH VON, Baron,
born at Würzburg, March 10, 1826. Portrait,
genre, and history painter, pupil of Munich
Academy and of Philipp Foltz; served
as officer in the army in 1848-53; visited
France in 1858 and Italy in 1863-64. Works:
Four fresco paintings, National Museum,
Madrid; six do. at Staffelsee, Bavaria; Altarpiece,
Kupferberg, ib.; Return from Baptism;
Jacob and Rachel at the Well; Peasant
Women near Florence; many portraits.
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PECHT, AUGUST FRIEDRICH, born
at Constance, Oct. 2, 1814. History, genre,
and portrait painter, and illustrator, pupil
of Munich Academy, then in Paris of Delaroche;
lived alternately in Munich, Leipsic,
and Dresden, painting chiefly portraits; visited
England in 1848, Italy in 1851-54, and
settled in Munich. Distinguished as a
writer on art. Court painter to Grand
Duke of Baden. Medal: Vienna. Works:
Hostess' Daughter; Goethe reading his
Faust Fragment at
Court of Carlsruhe,
Carlsruhe Museum;
Schiller's Reception
after Performance of
"Robbers" at Mannheim;
Conquest of Venice
in 1849; Henry
VIII. and Anna Boleyn
at Cardinal Wolsey's,
Schwerin Gallery;
Goethe's Introduction
at Court of Weimar; Characters from Schiller's
Works, with A. von Ramberg); Lessing,
Goethe, and Shakespeare Galleries. In
fresco: Statesmen and Generals (1866-70),
National Museum, Munich; Scenes from
Local History, Town Hall,
Constance.—Müller, 410; Dr.
Vinc. Müller, München, 164; Prutz, D.
Mus. (1859), 517; Land und Meer (1874), ii.
926.
PECORI, DOMENICO, born at Arezzo
about 1450. Florentine school; pupil of
Bartolommeo della Gatta, through whose
medium Signorelli and Perugino are reflected
in his style. His Adoration of the Virgin
is in the Sacristy of the Pieve, and his
Virgin of Mercy in S. M. della Pieve, Areggio.—C.
& C., Italy, iii. 43; Vasari, v. 51, 198.
PEDIUS, QUINTUS, Roman painter, latter
part of 1st century B.C. He was grandson
of the Consul Q. Pedius, nephew of Julius
Cæsar, and was brought up a painter
because he had been born dumb. He died
in youth, after making great progress in
art.—Pliny, xxxv. 7 [21].
PEDRINI, GIOVANNI, called sometimes
Giampetrino, flourished in Milan about 1520-50.
Milanese school; history painter, supposed
pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, but probably
only an imitator. Works: Magdalen,
Brera, Milan; Madonna, S. Sepolcro, ib.;
do. (1521), San Marino, Pavia; Magdalen
Penitent, St. Catharine, Berlin Museum;
Madonna in a Landscape, Carlsruhe Gal-
