Pieter De Witte

See Candido.

Pieter Gerard Van Os

Pieter Gerard Van Os, a Dutch painter, born at the Hague in 1776, died there in 1839. He formed his style after Paul Potter and Dujartlin, and became eminent for his landscapes, with cattle. He served in 1813-'14 as a captain of volunteers, and excelled in military subjects, and in etchings from his own designs.

Pieter Neef, Or Neefs

Pieter Neef, Or Neefs, the elder, a painter of the Flemish school, born in Antwerp about 1570, died in 1651. He was a pupil of Hendrik Steenwyck the elder, and like him was distinguished for his excellence in perspective and architectural views, He painted principally the interiors of churches and temples. Many of these views are represented by torchlight. As he was deficient in the designing of figures, he often employed the Francks, Van Thulden, Jan Breughel, or Teniers to paint them; and his pictures decorated by the two last are very valuable.

Pietro (A Name Adopted In Italy For His Real Name Candido

Pietro (A Name Adopted In Italy For His Real Name Candido, Pieter de Witte), a Flemish painter and sculptor, born at Bruges about 1545, died at Munich in 1628. In Italy he made many cartoons to be worked in tapestry for the grand duke of Tuscany. He afterward went by invitation of the elector of Bavaria to Munich. His principal paintings are of a religious character, as the "Annunciation," "Last Supper," "Christ with the Disciples at Emmaus," and "Holy Women at the Tomb of the Saviour." In Munich he painted a series of frescoes representing events in the life of Otho of Wittelsbach, which were whitewashed over, but were preserved in tapestries, and were engraved by Amling. His most celebrated piece of statuary is the mausoleum of the emperor Louis IV. at Munich.

Pietro Berrettini Da Cortona

Pietro Berrettini Da Cortona, an Italian painter and architect, born in Cortona, Nov. 1, 1596, died in Rome, May 16, 1669. While a boy he was put to study painting at Rome, and at an early age excited the admiration of Pope Urban VIII., who employed him to decorate a chapel in the church of St. Bibiena, and also to execute the frescoes on the ceiling of the grand saloon of the Barberini palace. These, and the frescoes in the Pitti palace in Florence, are among the most remarkable specimens of decorative art of the 17th century. Among his oil paintings "The Conversion of Saint Paul" is celebrated. As an' architect his finest work was the restoration of the church of Santa Maria della Pace in Rome.

Pietro Colletta

Pietro Colletta, a Neapolitan patriot, born in Naples, Jan. 23, 1775, died in Florence, Nov. 11, 1831. He was an officer of artillery and civil engineer, took an active part in politics during the French invasion of Naples, distinguished himself in the army under Joseph Bonaparte, and was made by Murat in 1808 intendant of Calabria, and in 1812 general and director of bridges and public roads. When the Bourbons returned to power, he was for some time imprisoned. On the outbreak of the revolution of 1820 he was sent as viceroy to Sicily, but was soon recalled and appointed minister of war. After the Austrian intervention he was banished to Brunn in Moravia, but afterward he was permitted to reside in Florence. He wrote Storia del reame di Napoli dal 1734 sino al 1825 (2 vols., Ca-polago, 1834; 2d ed., 4 vols., 1837; English translation by S. Horner, with a supplementary chapter, 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1858).