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CEREINI— CHIAEI. 45 touched by Guido, and were sold as the original works of that master. Cerrini was distmguished for his elegant co- louring, and graceful heads. {Pas- coli.) CERVT, Bernabdo, d, 1630. Lom- bard School. A pupil of Guido; he painted some excellent frescoes in the Dome at Modena, and several altar- pieces in the churches of that town. His drawing was correct, and much admired by Guido. ( VedrianL) GESABI, Cav. Guiseppe, b, at Home, about 1568, d. 1640. Boman School. He is sometimes called the Gavaliere d'Arpino, from his father's native place. He was the most popu- lar painter in Bome of his age, and at the same time the most energetic and the most superficial. Neither Cara- vaggio nor Annibal Garracci succeeded in any degree in diminishing Cesari's popularity ; he survived them both for thirty years; he was the head of the so-caUed Jdealistiy in contradistinction to the NaturaJisti, of which school Caravaggio was the head. His works are executed with great spirit, but with an utter disregard of nature, except, perhaps, in his horses, in which he certainly excelled : his design is slight and incorrect, heads, hands, draperies, all undefined, indeed, little more than indicated, but executed with such dash- ing facility, as to ensure the popular applause. His brother and assistant, Bernardino Cesari, died before him. Works. Bome, Capitol, in the Gon- servatorio, the Story of Bomulus and Bemus, and other events from Boman history (Cesari was engaged at inter- vals for fory years on these frescoes). Monte Cavallo, frescoes in the choir of San Silvestro. {Baglione.) CESI, Babtolomeo, b. at Bologna, 1556, d. 1629. Bolognese School. A pupil of Francesco Bezzi; he studied also the works of Fellegrino Tibaldi. His pictures were much admired by the Cairacci, and studied by Guido. His tints are delicate, and his attention to nature was much greater than that of other artists of his time; he painted more in fresco than in oils. * Works. Bologna, Certosa, Christ in the Garden, and Descent from the Cross: San Giacomo Maggiore, the Virgin and Infant in the Clouds : Pa- lazzo Favi, frescoes, illustrating the life of ^neas. He executed also excellent works at Ferrara, Florence, and Siena. {Malvcuia.) CESIO, Caelo, b, near Bieti, 1626, d, 1686. Boman School. A pupil of Pietro da Cortona, in whose style he painted. Cesio executed several good frescoes in Bome, but is better known as an engraver, especially for his series of the *' Famese Gallery," by Annibal Garracci. CHE NDA, Alfonso Bivabola, called II, 6. 1607, d. 1640. Ferrarese School, The best pupil of Cario Bonone; he completed the Marriage of the Virgin at Santa Maria in Vado, at Ferrara, which his master had only sketched. In- the churches of San Niecolo, Sant* Agostino, and San Guglielmo are some of his original works. {Tiraboschif Lanzi.) CHIAPPE, Giovanni Battista, b. at Novi, 1723, d. 1765. Genoese School. Studied in Bome, painted chiefly at Milan, and was, says Batti, the last Genoese artist of great merit. In the church of the Jesuits, St. Ignazio, at Alessandria, is a large picture by him of the patron, Loyola. CHIABI, Giuseppe, b, at Bome, 1654, d, about 1 727. Boman School* An able pupil of Carlo Maratta. He finished some of the pictures of his master, as also some of those of Pietro da Cortona. His cabinet and easel pictures are his best works. ' Works, Bome, Spada Palace, four pictures representing subjects from Ovid: Santa Maria del Sufiragio, the