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 CORINNE politan school ; studied five years in Venice under Tintoretto ; settled in Naples in 1590, and painted many good works, principally frescos, in the churches and public build- ings. He won reputation and wealth, and lived in luxury; but his character was infa- mous, and he was one of the principal mem- bers of the shameful Cabal of Naples, of which Spagnoletto was the head. He left but few easel pictures. Lanzi, ii. 30 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole napolitaine ; Burckhardt, 757, 768. CORINNE AT CAPE MISENUM, Fran- ?ois Gerard, Lyons Museum ; canvas. Illus- tration of the scene in Mine, de Stall's "Co- rinne," where, at a fete given by her at Cape Misenum, she improvises verses intended to reveal her love to Oswald. Corinne, with her lyre beside her and eyes upraised, is seated at right upon a rock ; near her, con- templating her in silence, stands Oswald, en- veloped in a mantle ; on his right, a young Greek and the Prince of Castel-Forte ; on his left, two young English girls ; in back- ground, the sea and Vesuvius with the set- ting sun. Painted in 1819 ; acquired in 1821 by the Prince Royal of Prussia, who pre- sented it to Mme. Recamier ; bequeathed by her in 1849 to Lyons, her native city. Gerard made several repetitions, one of which belonged to Talleyrand, one to M. Poz- zo di Borgo, and a third to Mme. Duchayla. The last has been engraved by Zachee Pre- vost, Beiu, Landon, and C. Normand. La- rousse, v. 138. CORINTH, LAST DAY OF, Tony Roberl- Fleury, Luxembourg Museum ; canvas, H. 13 ft. 2 in. x 19 ft. 8 in. The third day after the battle of Leucopetra the Consul Mum- mius entered Corinth. The women and children were sold as slaves. Many of the inhabitants perished in the flames, while the city, after having been submitted to a hor- rible pillage, was destroyed at the sound of the trumpet. (Livy, ii. 15). In the fore- ground, the women and children, many of them nude, are grouped around the statues of the gods, whom they implore in vain ; in the background, left, Mummius and his victorious legions are marching, while clouds of smoke at right indicate that the work of destruction has begun. Salon, 1870. Gaz. des B. Arts (1870), iii. 492. CORMON, FERNAND, called Piestre, born in Paris, Dec. 22, 1845. History and por- trait painter ; pupil of Cabanel, Fromentin, and Portaels. Medals : 1870 ; 2d class, 1873 ; prix du Salon, 1875 ; 3d I class, 1878 ; L. of Hon- jour, 1880. Works: I Weddings of the Nieb- elungen (1870); Sita (1873) ; Venetian Blind in Morning (1874); Woman of Java, Death of Havana (1875), bought by Ministry of Fine Arts ; Raising of Jairus's Daughter (1877) ; Cain (1880), /S7f Museum; Flowers (1881); Stone Age (1884); Portraits (1885). CORNARO, CATARINA, Queen of Cy- prus, portrait, Titian, Uffizi, Florence ; can- j vas, half-length, life-size; signed. The Queen, as St. Catherine, with a crown of gold stud- ded with pearls on her head, around which is the nimbus ; at her elbow, the wheel. Painted in 1542. Replicas, with alterations, in Holford collection, and in collection of Duke of Wellington, London. C. & C., Ti- tian, ii. 57. By Paolo Veronese, Vienna Museum ; can- J vas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 5 in. The Queen of Cyprus in a rich costume, seen to knees, takes a bow from a table covered with vel- vet, and holds two arrows in her left hand. CORNARO, CATARINA, AT VENICE, Hans Makart, National Gallery, Berlin. The Queen of Cyprus, having landed at Venice, is receiving the homage of the nobles of that city. Painted in Vienna ; exhibited in London, 1875. Philadelphia Exposition, ! 1876. Sold to National Gallery for 50,000 1 marks. Portfolio, Feb., 1875.