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COLLYER, Joseph, an engraver, was bom in London in 1748, and became a pupil of Anthony Walker. He applied himself to book illustration with success ; and attracting the notice of Alder- min Boydell, was employed to make an engraving after D. Teniers, and another of the ' Irish Volunteers,' after Wheatley. He subsequently engraved, with great success, Sir J. Reynolds' ' Venus,' and ' Una,' in imitation of chalk, the ' Girl with a Cat,' the por- traits of Miss Palmer, niece of Sir Joshua, and of Reynolds by himself. He was elected an Associate Engraver of the Royal Academy in 1786, and after- wards became Portrait Engraver to Queen Charlotte. He died in 1827.

COLOGNE. See Koln.

COLOMBA, Ldca Antomio, who painted in oil and fresco, was born at Arogno in Switzerland, in 166L His style was distinguished for its happy compositions and its careful design, as also for the delicate and tender colours. He was particularly admired in Germany, where he painted for some time, and was employed by the Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Wiirtemburg. He died in 1737.

COLOMBANO, Antonio Maria, an Italian paint- er, of the town of Correggio, who flourished from 1596 to 1616. Fifteen pictures by him, some of large dimensions, are mentioned by Pungilione in his Life of Antonio Allegri. The subjects are incidents in the life of the Virgin and the infancy of Christ.

COLOMBEL, Nicolas, a French painter, was bom at Sotteville, near Rouen, about 1644. He went to Rome wlien quite young, and remained there until 1692, forming his style by a study of the works of Raphael and of Nicolas I'oussin. His pictures met with considerable success, though in the opinion of critics of more modern days he never attained any real approximation to the works of those masters. He was admitted into the Academy of St. Luke at Rome in 1686, and in 1694 into that of Paris. The Louvre possesses the ' Mars and Rhea Sylvia,' which he painted for his recep- tion, and an able work representing the ' Miracle of St. Hyacinthe.' He was much employed by Louis XIV. both at Versailles and at Meudon. Many of his works have been engraved by Dufloc, and by Michel Dossier. He died in Paris in 1717.

COLOMBINI, Cosmo, an Italian engraver, flourished about the year 1754. He engraved among other things, several of the plates for the ' Museo Fiorentino.' A great part of the portraits of painters in that work are by his hand ; he marked some thus ;jL»

COLOMBO, AuRELio, an Italian line-engraver, was born at Varcse about 1785. He was a pupil of Longhi and worked at Milan. His best works are the ' Massacre of the Innocents ' after Raphael, and a ' Virgin and Child ' after Luini.

COLONIA, Adam, who was born at Rotterdam in 1634, spent the greater part of his life in England. He died in London in 1685. He painted land- scapes and figures, sometimes in the manner of Berchera. In the Copenhagen Museum there is a picture by him of 'Noah building the Ark'; and the Lille Museum has 'The Angel appearing to the Shepherds ' attributed to him.

COLONIA, Hendrik Adriaan, the son of Adam Colonia, and the brother-in-law of Van Diest, by whom he was instructed, was born in 1668. He sometimes painted the figures in Van Diest's landscapes, and also painted landscapes in imita- tion of the style of Salvator Rosa. He died in London in 1701.

COLONNA, Michelangelo, was bom near Como in 1600, and was first a scholar of Gabriele Ferrnntini, but he aftersvards finished his education under Girolamo Curti, called Dentone. In con- junction with that master he executed some con- siderable works in fresco in the churches and palaces at Bologna, Ferrara, and Modena, — Dentone usually painting the architecture and per- spective, and Colonna the figures. Their most admired works were the great perspective painted for San Michele in Bosco, and a saloon in the Palazzo Grimaldi. After Dtntone's death, Colonna painted in conjunction with Metelli in Bologna, Florence, and Genoa. Philip IV. of Spain invited the two artists to Madrid, where they executed several works in fresco, and were liberally rewarded by that monarch. Colonna afterwards worked with Alboresi. He died at Bologna in 1687. His portrait by himself is in the Uffizi, Florence.

COLS, Adolphe F^lix, a French portrait, genre, and landscape painter, died at Honfleur in 1880, in his seventieth year. He was a pupil of Cogniet.

COLSON, Guillaume FRANgois, a French his- torical painter, and pupil of David, was born in Paris in 1785, and died there in 1850. Among other works, he painted the 'Entry of General Bonaparte into Alexandria,' which is at Versailles.

COLSON, Jean Baptists Gille, was a French painter of portraits in miniature and water-colours. He was born at Verdun in 1680, and assumed his mother's surname of Colson, because the theatres of the fairs had brought ridicule upon the name of Gilles. Colson, who was a pupil of Christophe, and a member of the Academy of St. Luke, died in Paris in 1762.

COLSON, Jean Francois Gille, the son of the preceding, was born at Dijon in 1733. He was a pupil of his father, of Frere Imbert at Avignon, and of Nonotte at Lyons. On coming to Paris he was presented to the Duke of Bouillon, who kept him in constant employment for forty years as architect, sculptor, painter, and even gardener. He gained a high reputation as a portrait painter, and left several manuscripts on perspective, poetry, and the fine arts. He died in Paris in 1803.

COLTELLINI, Michaele, was a Ferrarese artist, and a follower of Panetti and Garofalo, who lived in the 16th century. He is the author of a ' Dead Christ on the lap of the Virgin ' in the Dresden Gallery, formerly assigned to Squarcione. His oldest panel is dated 1602, and represents the ' Death of the Virgin : ' it is now in the possession of Count Mazza, at Ferrara. In the church of Sant' Andrea, in the same city, is a ' Virgin and Child between SS. Michael, Catharine, Jolin, and Jerome,' signed and dated 1506. The Gallery of Ferrara has a ' Madonna and Child and Saints,' signed by him in 1542. The dates of his birth and death are uncertain.

COLYN, Michiel, according to Florent Le Comte, is said to have been a native of Antwerp. He en- graved some plates of architectural subjects, among which is a view of the Exchange at Amsterdam.

COLYNS, Arnold, lived at Cologne towards the end of the 16th century, and the Museum of that town contains some 'Scenes from the Battle of