- politan school; studied five years in Venice
under Tintoretto; settled in Naples in 1590, and painted many good works, principally frescos, in the churches and public buildings. He won reputation and wealth, and lived in luxury; but his character was infamous, and he was one of the principal members of the shameful Cabal of Naples, of which Spagnoletto was the head. He left but few easel pictures.—Lanzi, ii. 30; Ch. Blanc, École napolitaine; Burckhardt, 757, 768.
CORINNE AT CAPE MISENUM, François
Gérard, Lyons Museum; canvas. Illustration
of the scene in Mme. de Staël's "Corinne,"
where, at a fête given by her at Cape
Misenum, she improvises verses intended to
reveal her love to Oswald. Corinne, with
her lyre beside her and eyes upraised, is
seated at right upon a rock; near her, contemplating
her in silence, stands Oswald, enveloped
in a mantle; on his right, a young
Greek and the Prince of Castel-Forte; on
his left, two young English girls; in background,
the sea and Vesuvius with the setting
sun. Painted in 1819; acquired in 1821
by the Prince Royal of Prussia, who presented
it to Mme. Recamier; bequeathed
by her in 1849 to Lyons, her native city.
Gérard made several repetitions, one of
which belonged to Talleyrand, one to M. Pozzo
di Borgo, and a third to Mme. Duchayla.
The last has been engraved by Zachée Prevost,
Bein, Landon, and C. Normand.—Larousse,
v. 138.
CORINTH, LAST DAY OF, Tony Robert-Fleury,
Luxembourg Museum; canvas, H.
13 ft. 2 in. × 19 ft. 8 in. The third day after
the battle of Leucopetra the Consul Mummius
entered Corinth. The women and
children were sold as slaves. Many of the
inhabitants perished in the flames, while the
city, after having been submitted to a horrible
pillage, was destroyed at the sound of
the trumpet. (Livy, ii. 15). In the fore-*ground,
the women and children, many of
them nude, are grouped around the statues
of the gods, whom they implore in vain;
in the background, left, Mummius and
his victorious legions are marching, while
clouds of smoke at right indicate that the
work of destruction has begun. Salon, 1870.—Gaz.
des B. Arts (1870), iii. 492.
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CORMON, FERNAND, called Piestre,
born in Paris, Dec. 22,
1845. History and portrait
painter; pupil of
Cabanel, Fromentin,
and Portaels. Medals:
1870; 2d class, 1873;
prix du Salon, 1875; 3d
class, 1878; L. of Honour,
1880. Works:
Weddings of the Niebelungen
(1870); Sita
(1873); Venetian Blind in Morning (1874);
Woman of Java, Death of Ravana (1875),
bought by Ministry of Fine Arts; Raising
of Jairus's Daughter (1877); Cain (1880),
Luxembourg
Museum; Flowers (1881); Stone Age (1884);
Portraits (1885).
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CORNARO, CATARINA, Queen of Cyprus, portrait, Titian, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, half-length, life-size; signed. The Queen, as St. Catherine, with a crown of gold studded with pearls on her head, around which is the nimbus; at her elbow, the wheel. Painted in 1542. Replicas, with alterations, in Holford collection, and in collection of Duke of Wellington, London.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 57.
By Paolo Veronese, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. × 2 ft. 5 in. The Queen of Cyprus in a rich costume, seen to knees, takes a bow from a table covered with velvet, and holds two arrows in her left hand.
CORNARO, CATARINA, AT VENICE,
Hans Makart, National Gallery, Berlin. The
Queen of Cyprus, having landed at Venice,
is receiving the homage of the nobles of
that city. Painted in Vienna; exhibited in
London, 1875. Philadelphia Exposition,
1876. Sold to National Gallery for 50,000
marks.—Portfolio, Feb., 1875.
