School in 1866-69. Gold medal, Berlin, 1858. Works: Mary and John returning from Christ's Tomb, Löwenstein Gallery, Moscow; Christ and the Adulteress, Mater Dolorosa (1860), Leipsic Museum; Contest of Archangel Michael and Satan (1861-66), Cologne Museum; Exposure of Moses; Finding of Moses; Resurrection (1867), Marienwerder Cathedral; Christ's Farewell of his Mother, Christ's Walk to Emmaus, H. L. Dousman, St. Louis; Christ appearing to Mary Magdalen; Portraits of Emperor William and Empress Augusta (1876), National Gallery, Berlin; Guardian Angel, Gift from Heaven (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Illustr. Zeitg. (1875), i. 453; (1877), i. 263; Jordan (1885), ii.; Land und Meer (1868), ii. 525; Müller, 421; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 223; Zeitschr. f. b. K., iii. 36; vi. 106.
PLOUGH, THE, Frederick Walker,
Messrs. Agnew, London. A man ploughing,
with a boy helping him with the horses;
a sunset sky with the moon rising, and in
background an immense granitic quarry-*face.
Royal Academy, 1870; Walker Exhibition,
1875, after the painter's death;
exhibited at Agnew Gallery, London, 1886.
PLOUGHING IN NIÈVRE (Labourage
nivernais), Rosa Bonheur, Luxembourg Museum;
canvas, H. 4 ft. 4 in. × 8 ft. 6 in.
Two teams of six oxen each ploughing in
an open field, with a wooded hill in the
background at left. Time, evening. Salon,
1849.
PLÜDDEMANN, HERMANN (FREIHOLD),
born at Kolberg, July 17, 1809,
died in Dresden, June 24, 1868. History
painter, first instructed in Magdeburg by
Sieg, then pupil in Berlin of Begas, and
(1831-37) of Düsseldorf Academy under
Schadow; lived at Düsseldorf until 1848,
when he removed to Dresden; treated chiefly
subjects from mediæval history, saga and
poetry in the spirit of the romanticists.
Well known as illustrator of several popular
works. Works: Loreley (1833); Death
of Roland at Roncesvalles (1834); Columbus
discovering Land (1836), National Gallery,
Berlin; Death of Columbus (1840); Entry
of Columbus into Barcelona (1842); Columbus
at La Ràbida (1845); Finding of Barbarossa's
Body (1846); Columbus in Chains
landing at Cadiz (1848); Landgrave Ludwig
the Iron of Thuringia (1849); Crusaders
at a Well (1850); Columbus disputing
with the Junta at Salamanca (1856); Barbarossa
as Umpire at Besançon (1860), Dresden
Gallery; Prince Henry and Falstaff
(1860); Conradin on the Scaffold, Stettin
Museum; Emperor Henry IV. at Canossa
(1863); Wallenstein and Seni. In fresco:
Finding of Barbarossa's Body (1841), Castle
Heltorf; Scenes from Mediæval Life (1843),
Town Hall, Elberfeld.—Andresen, iv. 228;
Blanckarts, 13; Wolfg. Müller, Düsseldf.
K., 83; Riegel, D. Kunst-stud., 424; Wiegmann,
149.
PLUMB, HENRY G., born at Sherburne,
N. Y., in 1847. Genre painter, pupil of
National Academy, New York, and of École
des Beaux Arts, Paris; also studied under
Gérôme and Yvon, remaining four years in
Europe. Exhibited first in 1878 at Paris
Salon. Studio in New York. Works: À
votre santé (1879); A Smile for the Old
Gentleman, Pet Canary (1880); Going
Halves, Tropical Birds (1881); Comfortable
Berth, First Ride (1882); Fresh from the
Well, Pull for the Shore (1883). Water-*colour:
Comin' thro' the Rye, T. B. Clarke,
New York.
POCAHONTAS, BAPTISM OF, John G.
Chapman, rotunda of Capitol, Washington;
canvas, H. 12 ft. × 18 ft. Baptism of Pocahontas,
daughter of Powhatan, before her
marriage to John Rolfe, at Jamestown, Virginia,
April, 1613. Painted in 18— for
$10,000. Engraved on back of $20 United
States national bank notes.
POCCETTI, BERNARDINO, born in
Florence in 1548, died there, Nov. 9, 1612.
Florentine school; real name Bernardino
Barbatelli; pupil of Michele di Ridolfo, but
afterwards studied works of Raphael and
other masters in Rome. He was a success-
