Biography Category
(py r pôl prüdôN´) (KEY) , 1758–1823, French painter; 13th child of a Cluny stonemason. He gained recognition in 1796 with Truth Descending from...
(p r j ´n ) (KEY) , c.1445–1523?, Umbrian painter, b. near Perugia. His real name was Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci. Perugino is, after Raphael, th...
1620–82, French astronomer, noted for having made the first accurate measurement of a degree of the earth’s meridian. The figures he established w...
(äth s´l änt ´ny päl m ´n th kä´str v läs´k ) (KEY) , 1655–1726, Spanish historical painter and writer on art, called the Spanish Va...
(p l´´ gn ´t s) (KEY) , fl. c.460 B.C.–447 B.C., Greek painter, b. Thasos. He later became an Athenian citizen. He painted the Capture of Troy an...
1625–54, Dutch animal and landscape painter and etcher. In The Hague he enjoyed the patronage of the prince of Nassau, for whom he painted the celeb...