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 COSWAY Maggiore, Triumphs of Life and Death (1490), same chapel ; Annunciation (1490- 95), Cappella Marescotti in S. Petronio ; and Madonna with Saints (1492), Cappella Baci- occhi in S. Petronio. There are also frescos by him in S. Jacopo Maggiore and in S. Ce- cilia. Among his Mantuan pictures are : Court of Isabella, Louvre; Dead LAVAENliVs COSIA f Christ (1504), Presenta- tion (1502), Berlin Museum ; Madonna and Saints (1525), Ferrara Gallery. C. & C., N. Italy, L 538 ; Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 131 ; Burckhardt, 581 ; Eio, iii. 121 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole ombrienne. COSWAY, RICHARD, born at Tiverton in 1740, died in London, July 4, 1821. Son of a schoolmaster ; pupil in London of Thomas Hudson, and student in 1769 at Royal Academy ; became A. R. A. in 1770, and R.A. in 1771. Was the fashionable miniature painter of his time, and equally famous for vanity, extravagance, and eccen- tricity. He painted many of the beauties of the day, among them Mrs. Fitzherbert, and gained the favour of the Prince Regent He also originally painted in oil. His wife, Maria Cecilia Louisa (Hadfield) Cosway (1745-1822?), was a subject painter of considerable ability. Portrait of the painter by him- self, Nat. Port. Gal.; of Gen. P. Paoli, Uffizi, Florence. Red- grave ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole anglaise ; Art Jour- nal (1858), 268 ; Sandby, i. 179. COT, PIERRE AUGUSTE, bom at Be- darieux (H6rault), Feb. 17, 1837, died Aug. 18, 1883. Genre and portrait painter, pupil in Paris of Cabanel, Leon Cogniet, and Bou- guereau. His style is very graceful and at- tractive. Medal : 1870 ; 2d class, 1872 ; L. of Honour, 1874. He exhibited many por- traits and a few ideal pictures. Works : Woman Bathing (1867); Salmacis and Her- maphrodituB, Poverty (18G8); Portrait of Mme. Cot (1869); Prometheus, Meditation (1870); All Souls Day at the Campo Santo of Pisa, Dionysa (1872); Magdalen (1875); P'A'COT 18/5 Spriny-lime (1876); Mireille (1882), Lux- embourg Museum. Gaz. des B. Arts (1883), Chronique. COTES, FRANCIS, born in London in 1726, died there, July 20, 1770. Pupil of George Knapton ; became eminent as a por- trait painter, was a member of the Society of Artists, and one of the original members of the Royal Academy, where he exhibited from 1760 to 1770. Works: Portrait of his father, Royal Academy ; Admiral Lord Hawke, Greenwich Hospital ; Portrait group of Mr. and Mrs. Joab Bates, Sacred Harmon- ic Society. His younger brother, Samuel (1734-1818), was noted as a miniature painter. Redgrave ; F. de Conches, 86 ; Sandby, i. 95 ; Graves, 54. COTIGNOLA, BERNARDINO DA, See Zayanelli, Francesco. COTIGNOLA, FRANCESCO DA. See Zaganelli, Francesco. COTIGNOLA, GIROLAMO DA. See Girolamo da Cotignola. COTMAN, JOHN SELL, born at Nor- wich, June 11, 1782, died in London, July 28, 1842. Studied design in London in ' 1800-6, during which time exhibited views of Welsh scenery at the Academy. In 1807 became a member and secretary of the Nor- ! wich Society of Artists. In 1811 began to publish " Architectural Etchings, " and in 1816 " Specimens of Norman and Gothic Archi- tecture in Norfolk," followed by other anti- quarian works. He made several visits to Normandy, the result of which appears in Dawson Turner's " Architectural Antiquities ' of Normandy " (1822). In 1834 he became 1 drawing-master to King's College School, and removed to London. During these labours he painted many landscapes and sea views, but he was more successful in S3