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 Catherine, St. Eugenius, Bologna Gallery; Marriage of St. Catherine, Vienna Museum.—Malvasia, ii. 249; Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Lanzi, iii. 97.

SEMINI, ANDREA, born in Genoa about 1525, died after 1591. Genoese school; son and pupil of Antonio Semini; also studied Perino del Vaga and spent eight years in Rome, where he learned to imitate Raphael. Much employed in Genoa and Milan. Works: Nativity, Turin Gallery; Conception, S. Pietro, Genoa. Andrea's sons, Cesare and Alessandro, were mediocre painters.—Soprani, 57; Lanzi, iii. 243; Ch. Blanc, École génoise.

SEMINI, ANTONIO, born in Genoa about 1485, died after 1547. Genoese school; pupil of Lodovico Brea, whose style he modernized. Painted sometimes in collaboration with Teramo Piaggia or Teramo di Zoagli, his fellow-pupil under Brea. Semini's Nativity, in S. Domenico, Savona, is in the manner of Perugino, which Perino del Vaga had introduced at Genoa.—Soprani, 22; Lanzi, iii. 237; Ch. Blanc, École génoise.

SEMINI, OTTAVIO, born in Genoa about 1530, died in Milan in 1604. Genoese school; son and pupil of Antonio Semini; also studied Perino del Vaga and works of Raphael in Rome. Aided his brother Andrea in many works, but was obliged to leave Genoa on account of a homicide, and afterwards led a dissipated life in Milan. Decorated chapel of S. Girolamo in S. Angelo, Milan.—Soprani, 57; Lanzi, iii. 243; Ch. Blanc, École génoise.

SEMITECOLO, NICCOLÒ, Venetian school (1351-1400). The ablest Venetian artist of the 14th century (C. & C.). Earliest picture, Coronation of the Virgin (1351), is in the Vienna Academy. His best effort is an Altarpiece (1367), in the library of the Duomo, Padua. Other works: Madonna with Saints, dated 1400, Correr Museum, Venice; Coronation of the Virgin, Venice Academy. Possibly identical with Nicholas Paradisi, of Venice, whose works are but little inferior to those of Semitecolo.—C. & C., Italy, ii. 266; Burckhardt, 522.

SEMOLEI. See Franco Battista.

SENAVE, JACOBUS ALBERTUS, born at Loo, near Furnes, Sept. 12, 1758, died in Paris in 1829. Genre painter, pupil of Dunkirk Academy, and continued his studies at St. Omer and Ypres. Went to Paris, where he came under Suvée's influence. Painted Flemish popular festivals in the style of Teniers. Honorary director of Ypres Academy and honorary member of Ghent Academy in 1822. Works: Rembrandt's Studio, Academy, Ypres; Young Girl feeding Cow, Horse led forth by Boy, Basle Museum; Fantastic pictures with Architecture in and around Paris (2), Gotha Museum; Village Inn with Travellers and Peasants, Sarah leading Hagar to Abraham, Leipsic Museum.—Immerzeel, iii. 86; Nagler, xvi. 238.

SENI BESIDE WALLENSTEIN'S BODY, Karl von Piloty, New Pinakothek, Munich; canvas, H. 10 ft. 1 in. × 12 ft. 2 in. The astrologer Seni, entering Wallenstein's room in the morning, finds his dead body extended on the floor. Painted in 1855.

SEQUEIRA, DOMINGOS ANTONIO DE, born in Lisbon in 1768, died in Rome in 1837. History painter, pupil of Lisbon Academy, and in 1788 of Antonio Cavallucci in Rome. On his return to Portugal in 1796 worked for churches and palaces; in 1823 visited Paris; then went to Italy, and became devotional. At his death was president of Portuguese Academy. Works: Last Moments of Camoens; Descent from the Cross; Flight into Egypt; St. Bruno, Lisbon Academy.—Nagler, xvi. 276; Bryan, 729.

SERAPION, painter, probably 1st century B.C. Pliny says (xxxv. 37 [113]) that he was successful in scene-painting, but was unable to depict the human form.