PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.
Among his best plates may be mentioned :
An Old Woman with an Owl ; after F. Hals.
A Dutch Gentleman reading and smoking.
COCLERS, Philip, a Dutch painter, who flour- ished at Maestricht during the latter part of the 17th century. He studied in Italy, and on his return to his native land was appointed painter to Joseph Clement of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Li^ge. He was a skilful portrait painter, and died early in the 18th century, at the age of 76.
COC'X, GOXZALVE, (or COQCES, GON'ZALES,) was bom at Antwerp in 1614. He received his ele- mentary instruction from Peeter Brueghel III., as whose pupil he entered the Guild of St. Luke in 1627 ; he then studied under David Ryckaert the elder (whose daughter, Catharina, he married in 1643), but he owed the fame which he after- wards acquired to the excellent disposition with which nature had favoured him. He was made a master of the Guild in 1640-41 ; and in 1665-C6, and again in 1680-81, he was its Dean. In 1671 the Count de Monterey, Governor-General of the Low Countries, appointed him his official painter. His first subjects were conversations and gallant assemblies; but the extraordinary reputation Van Dyck had acquired by his admirable portraits, inspired him with the ambition of distinguishing himself in like manner, though on a different scale. He painted portraits of a small size, and endeavoured to give them the correctness and simple character of nature which we admire in the portraits of Van Dyck. His success was equal to his merit. His single heads, and his groups of family portraits, were esteemed superior to those of every artist of his time, Van Dyck alone excepted. He was employed by the principal potentates of his day, among whom were Charles I., the Archduke Leopold, and the Prince of Orange. To those who have not seen the pictures of this extraordinary artist, it will be difficult to give an idea of the beauty of his style. Although his heads rarely exceed the length of an inch and a half, they have all the breadth, freedom of touch, and animated character of the portraits of Van Dyck. Hence he is sometimes called the ' Little Van Dyck.' The heads and hands are drawn with the utmost cor- rectness ; his colouring has the freshness, and his draperies the ease, that we admire in the works of that master. In regarding them, we lose sight of the scale on which they are drawn, and they assume the size of life. He was peculiarly happy in the composition and arrangement of his family groups, and the accessories which accompany them. Cocx died at Antwerp in 1684. His compositions are few in number, and are extremely valuable : there are but 46 described in Smith's 'Catalogue raisonne,' vol. 4 and Suppl. It is supposed that as he was wealthy, he painted more for pleasure than for profit ; but of this there is no proof. He painted landscapes skilfully, and dogs and other animals with nmch success. Among his principal works are:
Antwerp. Museum. Portrait of a Lady. Berlin. Museum. Portrait of Comelis de Hie, the writer on art. Cassel. GalUry. Pliilosopher and bis Wife. 10)0. „ „ Family group. Darmstadt. Gallery. Portrait of a Man. „ „ Portrait of a Lady. Dresden. Gallery. Family Portrait. Hague. Gallery. Interior of a Picture GaUery. (,r/ie JUjures and accessories are hy Cocx. The painltJigs, forty^ fcAtr in number, are hy conteni' pctrary artists, sevei'at of ichom have signed their irork.) London. -VnJ. Gal. Family Portraits. (Party in a garden.) ,, „ Portrait of a Lady. Paris! Louvre. The Artist and his Family. Petersburg. Hermitac/e. Portrait of a Mau.
COCXIE, MiCHiEi. VAN. See Coxie.
CODA, Baktolommeo, (or Codi,) flourished about the year 1543. He was called Da Kiuini, as was also his elder brother Francesco, who painted in 1533. He was instructed in the art by his father, Benedetto, whom he surpassed. In the church of San Rocco at Pesaro, is a fine picture by this master, bearing the above date ; which Lanzi says in every respect bears the character of the golden age of the art. It represents the Virgin and Infant enthroned, with a Choir of beautiful Cherubs, and with St. Roch and St. Sebastian.
CODA, Benedetto, (or Codi.) was a native of Ferrara, born about the year 1460, and was a dis- ciple of Giovanni Bellini. According to Lanzi he resided chiefly at Rimini, where he painted some pictures for the churches, which prove him to have been an able artist. His principal works are, the 'Marriage of the Virgin with St. Joseph,' in the cathedral at Rimini ; and the 'Rosary,' in the church of the Dominicans. He died about the year 1620.
CODAGORA. See Viviani, Antonio.
CODDE, Ldcas, (Codden, or Coddeman,) of Antwerp, is mentioned as designing some cartoons for glass-painting in the church of St. Catharine, at Breda ; and a portrait by him of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, bears the inscription ' oud 42 jaren.' If this date refers to the Duke, the picture must have been painted about 1438. Codde is mentioned as a painter as early as 1426 ; and his name is the second inscribed in the register of the Guild of St. Luke, of which he was a master in 1453, and dean in 1455, 1457, 1460, and 1464. He died in 1469. He belonged to a family of artists ; his brother Jan is mentioned .as a carver in 1450 ; another brother, Willem, was a sculptor ; and a brother-in-law, Willem Coeman, was a painter.
CODDE, PiETER, the son of Marten Codde, was bom in 1610, married in 1637 at Amsterdam, and was probably dead in 1666. He executed genre pictures in the style of Palamedes. His paintings are distinguished for the liveliness of their com- position and the fineness of their colouring. He painted figures in Dirk van Delen's interiors. Karel Codde, who was a native of the Hague, and died in 1698, was probably his son. He imitated the manner of Botli and Berchem, and painted his figures in the style of Terburg with much taste and finish. Pieter Codde's best works are :
Berlin. Museum. Preparation for the Carnival. Dorpat. Sivers Coll. The Dancing Lesson. 16-7. Hague. Gallery. The Ball. 1C3G. ,, ,, Backgammon Pl.iyers. Vienna. Gsell Coll, The Evening Party. 1G33. „ „ Soldiers playing at Dice. CODE, Mary. See Benwell. CODI. See CoDA.
CODORfi, Olivier, a French engraver, was the author of tlie plates which accompanied the 'Entree de Charles IX. a Paris,' 1572. They are executed with much facility, but display no great artistic talent.
COECK, PiETER. See Koeck.
COELENBIER, Jan, a Dutch landscape painter
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