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 CLEON forty-five stadia to the temple. The priest- ess, moved by their filial love, prayed to the goddess to grant them what was best for mortals. The brothers went to sleep in the temple and never rose again. Herod- otus, who tells the story (i. 31), makes So- lon relate it to Croesus, as a proof that it is better for mortals to die than to live. Cal- let won the grand prix de Rome in 1764 with his picture, which represents the broth- ers dragging the chariot to the temple. By Carl von Stettcn, William Schaus, New York ; canvas, H. 5 ft. X 6 ft 6 in. Repre- sents the brothel's lying in the sleep of death in the temple at the foot of the statue of Hera ; near them is the altar of the god- dess, covered with flowers ; in background, people entering the temple exhibit aston- ishment at the sight. Salon, 1884. Sub- ject treated also by Primaticcio in the Cha- teau de Fontainebleau. CLEON, Greek painter, about 300 a c.; noted for his picture of Cadmus. Pliny, xxxv. 40. CLEOPATRA BEFORE C^SAR, Jean Leon Geroine, D. O. Mills, New York ; can- vas, figures half life-size. Scene : Palace of the Ptolemies in Alexandria. Cleopatra, determined to gain the favour of Csesar, caused herself to be carried into his apart- ment concealed in a bale of cloth, which Apollodorus, her attendant, bore as a pres- ent to him (Dion Cas., xlii. 35 ; Plut., Csesar, xlix.). She is represented standing, amid the folds of cloth from which she has just emerged, glancing at Csesar, who is writing at a table. Apollodorus kneels behind her, and several secretaries, writing in back- ground, look around curiously. Photo- gravure in Art Treasures of America. En- graved by J. C. Armytage in Art Journal (1877), 12. Larousse, iv. 431. CLEOPATRA ON THE CYDNUS, Wil- liam Etty, Lord Taunton, London. Cleo- patra, as Venus, attended by maids habited as Nereids and Graces, and by boys as Cupids, sailing along the River Cydnus in a magnificent galley, as described by Plu- tarch. Royal Academy, 1821 ; sold for 200 guineas to Sir Francis Freeling, at whose sale bought by Mr. Farrer the dealer, who disposed of it to Mr. Labouchere for 1,000 guineas. Gilchrist, Life, 93 ; Art Union (1849), 116. By Henri Pierre Picoit, private gallery, San Francisco ; canvas. Antony and Cleo- patra, surrounded by attendants, in a su- perb galley, sailing down the Cydnus. Sa- lon, 1848 ; exhibited in New York hi 1875. Engraved by Gautier. CLEOPATRA, DEATH OF, Jean Fran- y.ois Gigoux, Luxembourg Museum, Paris ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. 5 in. Salon, 1850. By Guidu Reni, Palazzo Pitti, Florence ; canvas, H 3 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 1 in. Cleopatra, three-fourths length, putting the asp to her bosom. Painted about 1640. In Guide's third manner. Engraved by N. Le Mire ; L. M. Faeutino. Repetitious in Madrid, Barcelona, and Nancy Museums, in the Balbi and Durazzo Galleries, Genoa, and in Windsor Castle and private collections in England. Wicar, i. Part 5 ; Gal. du Pul. Pitti, i. PL 66 ; Lavice, 68. By Alex. Turchi, Louvre ; canvas, H. 8 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft 9 in. In foreground, at left, Mark Antony, whom two soldiers have car- ried into the tomb where Cleopatra has taken refuge, is expiring upon a couch ; in the background the queen, sustained by two women, puts the asp to her breast ; three other attendants grieving. Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Filhol, i. PI. 31. By Paolo Veronese, Munich Gallery ; can- vas, H. 3 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 10 in. Natural size, seen to knees. By Guercino, Palazzo Brignole Sale, Genoa. Lying on a couch, nude to waist, and the rest of the body covered with a white drapery, except the feet One hand looses its hold of the asp which it had placed on her bosom, the other falls help- lessly at her side. Burckhardt, 770 ; Lavice, 91. By Hans Malcart, Stuttgart Gallery ; can- 305