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 112 NATALI— NOVELU. of this name and family of considerable ability in various branches of the art. NEBBIA, Cebabe, b, at Orvieto about 1536 ; d, 1614. Boman School. He was the best scholar of Girolamo Muziano, and assisted his master in his works : he completed those begun by Muziano, in the Gapella Grego- riana, in the Vatican. Nebbia painted many works in Home both in fresco and in oil. Workt. Borne, Santa Maria Mag- giore, Cappella Sforzi, subjects from the Life of the Virgin : Trinita de* Monti, Oappella Borghese, the Cruci- fixion : San Giacomo degli Spagnuoli, the Besurrection : Santa Maria de' Monti, the Coronation of the Virgin. {Bdglione.) NEGBONE, PiETRO, b. at Cosenza about 1505, d. 1565. Neapolitan School. He is said to have studied under Gio. Antonio D'Amato, and under Marco Calabrese. He was called n Giovane Zingaro. His pictures were numerous in the churches of Naples. He re- stored the pictures attributed to Giotto in Santa Chiara. Works, Naples, Santa Maria Donna Bomata, the Adoration of the Magi; and the Scourging of Christ: Sant' Agnello, the Virgin and Child, with Angels and Saints: Lucca, Santa Croce, the Virgin and Child. NEGBOPONTE, Era Antonio da, flourished about 1440. Faduan and Venetian Schools. His works resemble those of Bartolomeo Vivarini in their style of drawing; the architectural backgrounds and other accessories are finished with great care. At Venice, in San Francesco della Vlgna, is an alter-piece representing the Madonna and Child, with angels; in the same church is a picture of three male heads, attributed to Era Antonio. NELLI, SuoB Plautilla, rf. 1588, according to Lanzi, aged 65, which does not agree with the date on the Berlin picture noticed below. Tus- can School. She was a nun of the Dominican convent of Santa Caterina at Florence, and imitated the works of Fra Bartolomeo, but with little success: some accounts make her his scholar. She was in possession of some original drawings in chiaroscuro of Fra Bartolomeo, which came afterwards into the pos- session of the late King of Holland. In the Florentine Academy is a Mar- riage of St Catherine: and in the Berlin Galleiy is a large picture by Suor Nelli, representing Christ and Apostles, with Martha reproaching Mary for not assisting her (1524). She painted in oil and in miniature. {Z4anzi,) NOGABI, Giuseppe, b. at Venice, 1699 ; d, 1763. Venetian School. He was the scholar of Pittoni and of Antonio Balestra, and was a portrait- painter of great ability. His pictures are well coloured and highly finished, and seem to be faithful incUvidual resem- blances; many of his portraits are fancy pictures; a St. Peter and four portraits are in the Gallery of Dresden, and there are some in England. When Correggio's Notte was removed to Dresden, Nogari was employed to make the copy which was to replace it at Modena. {Zanetti.) NOVELU, Cav. Pietbo, called II MoNBEALESE, b. about 1603, livMsi in 1660. One of the principal native painters of Sicily. He painted some- what in the style of Michelangelo da Caravaggio, whose works have had an almost universal influence over the later Neapolitan School. Novelli's pictures are highly esteemed in his own country. Some of the principal are ftt Palermo, in San Domenioo ; in Santa Zita; and in the Gallery of the University. At Monreale, in the refec- tory of the Benedictines, is the Mar- riage at Cana: others in the cathedral