Maggiore, Triumphs of Life and Death (1490), same chapel; Annunciation (1490-95), Cappella Marescotti in S. Petronio; and Madonna with Saints (1492), Cappella Baciocchi in S. Petronio. There are also frescos by him in S. Jacopo Maggiore and in S. Cecilia. Among his Mantuan pictures are: Court of Isabella, Louvre; Dead Christ (1504), Presentation (1502), Berlin Museum; Madonna and Saints (1525), Ferrara Gallery.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 538; Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 131; Burckhardt, 581; Rio, iii. 121; Ch. Blanc, École ombrienne.
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COSWAY, RICHARD, born at Tiverton in 1740, died in London, July 4, 1821. Son of a schoolmaster; pupil in London of Thomas Hudson, and student in 1769 at Royal Academy; became A. R. A. in 1770, and R.A. in 1771. Was the fashionable miniature painter of his time, and equally famous for vanity, extravagance, and eccentricity. He painted many of the beauties of the day, among them Mrs. Fitzherbert, and gained the favour of the Prince Regent. He also originally painted in oil. His wife, Maria Cecilia Louisa (Hadfield) Cosway (1745-1822?), was a subject painter of considerable ability. Portrait of the painter by himself, Nat. Port. Gal.; of Gen. P. Paoli, Uffizi, Florence.—Redgrave; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise; Art Journal (1858), 268; Sandby, i. 179.
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COT, PIERRE AUGUSTE, born at Bédarieux (Hérault), Feb. 17, 1837, died Aug. 18, 1883. Genre and portrait painter, pupil in Paris of Cabanel, Léon Cogniet, and Bouguereau. His style is very graceful and attractive. Medal: 1870; 2d class, 1872; L. of Honour, 1874. He exhibited many portraits and a few ideal pictures. Works: Woman Bathing (1867); Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, Poverty (1868); Portrait of Mme. Cot (1869); Prometheus, Meditation (1870); All Souls Day at the Campo Santo of Pisa, Dionysa (1872); Magdalen (1875); Spring-Time (1876); Mireille (1882), Luxembourg Museum.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1883), Chronique.
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COTES, FRANCIS, born in London in 1726, died there, July 20, 1770. Pupil of George Knapton; became eminent as a portrait painter, was a member of the Society of Artists, and one of the original members of the Royal Academy, where he exhibited from 1760 to 1770. Works: Portrait of his father, Royal Academy; Admiral Lord Hawke, Greenwich Hospital; Portrait group of Mr. and Mrs. Joab Bates, Sacred Harmonic Society. His younger brother, Samuel (1734-1818), was noted as a miniature painter.—Redgrave; F. de Conches, 86; Sandby, i. 95; Graves, 54.
COTIGNOLA, BERNARDINO DA. See
Zaganelli, Francesco.
COTIGNOLA, FRANCESCO DA. See
Zaganelli, Francesco.
COTIGNOLA, GIROLAMO DA. See
Girolamo da Cotignola.
COTMAN, JOHN SELL, born at Norwich,
June 11, 1782, died in London, July
28, 1842. Studied design in London in
1800-6, during which time exhibited views
of Welsh scenery at the Academy. In 1807
became a member and secretary of the Norwich
Society of Artists. In 1811 began to
publish "Architectural Etchings," and in 1816
"Specimens of Norman and Gothic Architecture
in Norfolk," followed by other antiquarian
works. He made several visits to
Normandy, the result of which appears in
Dawson Turner's "Architectural Antiquities
of Normandy" (1822). In 1834 he became
drawing-master to King's College School,
and removed to London. During these
labours he painted many landscapes and
sea views, but he was more successful in
