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 CATHERINE Saint, dressed in a yellow tunic and a rich red mantle lined with blue, kneels before the executioner, who wears a red cap and holds a drawn sword ; to left, the wheel ; in the sky, an angel with palm and crown ; in Conspiracy of Cataline, Salvator Rosa, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. background, a landscape with bridge and tower. CATHERINE OF SIENA, ST., CORO- NATION OF, Pietro Francesco liixsolo, Ven- ice Academy ; wood (?), H. 12 ft. x 8 ft. 3 in.; signed. St. Catherine kneels before Christ, who places the crown of thorns on her head ; in attendance are angel Raphael and Tobit, Mary Magdalen, and SS. Peter, James, and Paul ; above, the Eternal and cherubs. Originally in S. Pietro Martire, Murano. Bissolo's masterpiece as a compo- sition, but repainted. Zanotto, Pinac. Ven., PI. 10 ; C. & C., N. Italy, i. 289. CATILINE, CONSPIRACY OF, Salvator Rosa, Palazzo Pitti, Florence ; canvas, H. 5 ft. x 5 ft. 11 in. A group of armed men standing around an altar ; Lentulus and Cethegus, with hands clasped, are mingling their blood in a chalice, to strengthen their oaths ; the figure in shadow, with a band around his hair, is Catiline, near whom stands Quintus Curtius. Martelli, Florence. Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. PI. 73 ; Rosini, vi. 168. CATLIN, GEORGE, born at Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 26, 1796, died in Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 23, 1872. Portrait painter, self-taught ; began his professional life in Philadelphia. In 1832-38 he visited the Indians of the Yellowstone River, Indian Territory, Arkansas, and Florida; and in 1852-57 travelled in South and Cen- tral America, after which he lived in Europe until 1871. Mr. Catlin painted 470 full- length portraits of Indians and many pictures illustra- tive of their life and customs which were exhibited in the United States and in Europe. They are now in the Nation- al Museum, Washington. CATO, DEATH OF, Charles Lebrun, Louvre, Paris ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 4 in. Cato dying on his bed, holding in his right hand the Phaxlo of Plato, which he had read before stabbing himself with the sword lying beside him ; in background, Death of Cato, Charles Lebrun, Louvre, Paris. the heads of a man weeping and of a sol- dier. (Plutarch.) Painted at Lyons about Duplicate in Casa ! 1645. Landon, Musee, xi. PI. 22.