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 business that tee son leamt the rudiments of his art. At length a portrait-paintei visited the place where he lived, whose works so awakened Cole's dormant spirit that he left his home suddenly to follow out the object he had so much at heart. Amid many difficulties and much privation, he found his way to Philadelphia, and thence to New York, where he set up his easel in a garret. His talents soon introduced him to the notice of Trumbull and other older brother artists, and likewise to some wealthy patrons ; from the former he received professional advice and assistance, and from the latter more substantial encouragement. He subsequently visited Italy and England, and finally settled doivn in the land which his parents had adopted. He was long known as one of the best landscape painters in the States ; we also find his name in the catalogues of our Royal Academy, he having exhibited in the year 1830 a 'View in New Hampshire, United States,' and the -Tomb of General Brock, Lake Ontario, in Upper Canada;' and in 1831 a 'View in the United States." He died in 1848, at his residence near the town of Catskill, on the banks of the Hudson. Of Cole's works, the New York Historical Society possesses the 'Course of Empire ' (five landscape scenes), his master-piece. His ' Voyage of Life ' was formerly in the Taylor- Johnston Collection at New York. The ' Mountain Ford ' and ' Kenilworth Castle ' were exhibited at Philadelphia in 1876. Cole was the first good landscape painter in America.

COLEMAN, Edward, of Birmingham, painted still-life subjects. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819, 1?20. and 1822.

COLEMAN, William, was one of the early wood-engravers. He died in London in 1807.

COLEYER, EvEBT, (or Cclieb, or Coltseb,) a Dutch painter of still-life and interiors, who was a native of Leyden, flourished from 1673 to 1691. He was dead in 1702. Some of his works are mentioned in the catalogues of Hoet and Terwesten.

COLIBERT, Nicolas, a French painter and en- graver, was born in Paris in 1750. He executed in the dotted style some landscapes after Casanova, and about 1782 came to London, where he pro- duced two oval plates of 'Pity' and 'Youth,' and two subjects from ' Evelina.' During the Revolution he returned to Paris and engraved several of SchaU's designs for ' Les Amours de Psyche et de Cupidon,' published in 1791, and some illustrations after Monsiau to the poem ' La Mort d'Abel,' pub- lished in 1793. Colibert died in London in 1806.

COLIEZ, Adbien Norbert Joseph, a French landscape painter, was bom at Valenciennes in 1754, and died in the same town in 1824. He also painted scenery and views of towns.

COLIGNON, FBAsgois, a French designer and engraver, was bom at Nancy about the year 1621. He was a pupil of Callot, and studied the works of Delia Bella and Silvestre. He engraved some of the plates of the towns conquered in the reign of Louis XIV., published by Beaulieu. We have also several plates from different masters, and from his own designs. His best works are views of build- ings, with small figures, in the style of Callot, which he executed with great spirit and freedom. We have by him, among others, the following prints:

SUBJECTS FROM HIS OWX DESIGN'S.

A set of twelve Landscapes, The Buildings at Rome under Siitus V. A Tiew of Malta with its ancient Fortifications.

SUBJECTS AFTER OTHER MASTERS.

The Flight of Attila ; after Raphael. The five canonized Saints, St. Gaetano, St. Francis Borgia, St. Philip Benizio, St. Bertrand, and St. Rosa ; afieT J. B. Gaetano. View of Florence ; after S. delia Bella. Plan of the Castle of Jloyen ; after Callot.

COLIN, a French historical painter and engineer, who bec.ime painter to the Duke of Burgundy in 1420, He was an artist in every acceptation of the term, and executed at the castle of Hesdin many undertakings in painting and architecture, as well as curious hydraulic works.

COLIN, of Amiens, a French portrait painter, who flourished in 1482, was commissioned to paint the portrait of Louis XL His praises were sung by the poets of his time.

COLIN, Adriaan van, a Dutch painter of the 17th century, painted poultry in the manner of DHondecoeter.

COLIN, Alexandre Marie, a French painter of historical and genre subjects, was bom in Paris in 1798. He was a pupil of Girodet. His religious and historical paintings are characterised by a style based on a careful study of the old masters, while his genre pieces are vigorous and life-like. Amongst these latter may be noticed his ' French Fish-Market ' (1832) in the Berlin Gallerj-, and his 'Gipsies Resting.' Amongst the former may be named a ' Christopher Columbus,' a ' Flight into Egypt,' and an 'Assumption of the Virgin.' He died in 1875.

COLIN, FRANgois, who was bom at Bordeaux in 1798, studied under Lacour, the elder, and died in his native city in 1864. The Bordeaux Museum has two works by him — a ' Fountain of Love' and ' Crispin Messager.'

COLIN, Jean, a French line-engraver, who flour- ished in the latter half of the 17th century. He was a native of Rheims, but the dates of his birth and death are unknown. He engraved an ' Assumption ' after A. Carracci, an equestrian portrait of Louis XIV. crowned by Victorj', and having at his feet a map of Holland, and several other por- traits which bear date from 1665 to 1688. Some of his plates are signed, Collin.

COLLADO, Juan, a Spanish painter, was a native of Valencia, and a scholar of Richarte. He painted in fresco the dome of the chapel of St. Francis Xavier in the Jesuits' church, and its lateral altar- pieces in oil ; and also executed various works for the parish church of Santa Catalina, and other churches of his native city. He died at Valencia in 1767.

COLLAERT, Adriaen, a Flemish designer and engraver, was bom at Antwerp, but in what year is not known. After having learnt the principles of the art in his own country, he visited Italy for improvement, where he passed some years. On his return to Flanders, he engraved a great number of plates, executed in a neatly finished style, bnt with a certain degree of dryness. He died at Antwerp in 1618. His drawing is correct, and Lis heads expressive. He sometimes marked his plates with the cipher. The following are his principal productions :

subjects from his own designs. A Man and his "Wife, conducted by Death. 1562. A Man in Armour, to whom a Woman brings a Child, a Dog, and a Cock. The Four Elements ; in four plates.