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SEMINI Catherine, St. Eugenius, Bologna Gallery ; Marriage of St. Catherine, Vienna Museum. Malvasia, ii. 249 ; Ch. Blanc, cole bo- lonaise ; Lanzi, iii. 97. SEMINI, ANDREA, born in Genoa about 1525, died after 1591. Genoese school ; son and pupil of Antonio Semini ; also stud- ied Perino del Va- ga and spent eight years in Rome, where he learned to imitate Raphael Mucli employed in Genoa and Milan. Works : Nativity, Turin Gallery ; Conception, S. Pietro, Genoa. An- drea's sons, Cesare and Alessandro, were mediocre painters. Soprani, 57 ; Lanzi, iii. 243 ; Ch. Blanc, IScole genoise. SEMINI, ANTONIO, born in Genoa about 1485, died after 1547. Genoese school ; pupil of Lodovico Brea, whose style he mod- ernized. Painted sometimes in collabora- tion with Teramo Piaggia or Terarno di Zo- agli, his fellow-pupil under Brea. Semini's Nativity, in S. Domenico, Savona, is in the manner of Perugino, which Perino del Yaga had introduced at Genoa. Soprani, 22 ; Lanzi, iii. 237 ; Ch. Blanc, iScole genoise. SEMINI, OTTAVIO, born in Genoa about 1530, died in Milan in 1604. Geno- ese school ; sou and pupil of Antonio Semi- ni ; also studied Perino del Vaga and works of Raphael in Rome. Aided his brother An- drea in many works, but was obliged to leave Genoa on account of a homicide, and after- wards led a dissipated life in Milan. Dec- orated chapel of S. Girolamo in S. Angelo, Milan. Soprani, 57 ; Lanzi, iii. 243 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole genoise. SEMITECOLO, NICCOLO, Venetian school (1351-1400). The ablest Venetian artist of the 14th century (C. & C.). Earli- est picture, Coronation of the Virgin (1351), is in the Vienna Academy. His best effort is an Altai-piece (1367), in the library of the Duomo, Padua. Other works: Madonna with Saints, dated 1400, Correr Museum, Venice ; Coronation of the Virgin, Venice Academy. Possibly identical with Nicholas Paradisi, of Venice, whose works are but little inferior to those of Semitecolo. C. & C., Italy, ii. 266 ; Burckhardt, 522. SEMOLEI. See Franco Battista. SENAVE, JACOBUS ALBERTUS, born at Loo, near Fumes, Sept. 12, 1758, died in Paris in 1829. Genre painter, pupil of Dun- kirk Academy, and continued his studies at St. Omer and Ypres. Went to Paris, where he came under Suvee's influence. Painted Flemish popular festivals in the style of Teniers. Honorary director of Ypres Acad- emy and honorary member of Ghent Acad- emy in 1822. Works : Rembrandt's Studio, Academy, Ypres ; Young Girl feeding Cow, Horse led forth by Boy, Basle Museum ; Fantastic pictures with Architecture in and around Paris (2), Gotha Museum ; Village Inn with Travellers and Peasants, Sarah leading Hagar to Abraham, Leipsic Mu- seum. Immerzeel, iii. 86 ; Nagler, xvi. 238. SENI BESIDE WALLENSTEIN'S BODY, Karl von Piloly, New Pinakothek, Munich ; canvas, H. 10 ft. 1 in. X 12 ft. 2 in. The astrologer Seui, entering Wallenstein's room in the morning, finds his dead body extended on the floor. Painted in 1855. SEQUEIRA, DOMINGOS ANTONIO DE, born in Lisbon in 1768, died in Rome in 1837. History painter, pupil of Lisbon Academy, and in 1788 of Antonio Cavalluc- ci in Rome. On his return to Portugal in 1796 worked for churches and palaces; in 1823 visited Paris ; then went to Italy, and became devotional. At his death was presi- dent of Portuguese Academy. Works : Last Moments of Camoens; Descent from the Cross; Flight into Egypt; St. Bruno, Lisbon Academy. Nagler, xvi. 276 ; Bryan, 729. SERAPION, painter, probably 1st century B. c. Pliny says (xxxv. 37 [113]) that he was successful in scene-painting, but was unable to depict the human form. 170