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 and architect under Philip II. and Philip III. Painted frescos in the library of the Escorial, and several altarpieces, as well as a Descent from the Cross, in S. Felipe el Real; also began, in the Pardo, frescos which were finished by his brother Vincenzio. Works: Descent from the Cross, St. Sebastian, Last Supper, Madrid Museum.—Stirling, i. 212; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Viardot, 256.

CARDUCHO, VINCENZO, born in Florence in 1578 (?), died in Madrid in 1638. Spanish school; went to Spain in 1585, with his elder brother, Bartolommeo, who instructed him in painting. Succeeded his brother as painter to Philip III., and finished the frescos begun by him in the Pardo. Was also painter to Philip IV. In 1626-32 he painted fifty-four pictures for the Carthusians of El Paular; twenty-seven representing the life of St. Bruno, and twenty-seven representing the Martyrdoms and miracles of the Monks of the Order. These are all in the Madrid Museum. He painted also historical pictures and portraits, 120 of which are mentioned by Cean Bermudez as in public edifices in Spain, and wrote the Diálogos de las Excelencias de la Pintura, the best work on painting in the Castilian tongue (Madrid, 1633). Works: Battle of Fleurus, Relief of Constance, Capture of Rheinfeld (three scenes in Thirty Years' War), Birth of the Virgin, Visitation, Presentation of Jesus, Assumption, Baptism of Christ, Madrid Museum; Infant Christ and Christ and Angels, with SS. Gonzalo, Francis, and Bernardino (1630), Dresden Gallery.—Stirling, i. 417; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Viardot, 258; Madrazo, 366.

CARIANI, GIOVANNI BUSI, of Bergamo, born at Fuipiano about 1480 (?), living in 1541. Venetian school. The earliest record in regard to him is a contract of 1508. He imitated the great Venetian masters so closely that his works are often confounded with theirs, and appear under the names of Giorgione, Palma, and Pordenone. There are but two dated canvases among the many works ascribed to him, a group in the Roncalli collection (1519), and a Madonna in the Casa Baglioni, Bergamo (1520). Other examples are in the Lochis-Carrara Gallery, Bergamo; the Brera, Milan; and the Dresden Museum.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 546; Tassi, Pittori Bergamaschi, i. 33; Burckhardt, 737; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., ii. 625.

CARLONI, GIAMBATTISTA, born in Genoa about 1594, died there in 1680. Genoese school; son and pupil of Taddeo Carloni, painter, sculptor, and architect (died 1613); studied in Florence under Passignano and in Rome; associate of his brother Giovanni, and aided him in most of his works, especially in the Gesù and in the Annunziata del Guastato, Genoa; also finished his frescos in S. Antonio Abate, Milan. Painted frescos at S. Siro, Genoa, and painted much in private palaces. Had by his wife Niccoletta Scorza twenty-four children, of whom Andrea or Giovanandrea (born 1639, died 1697) and Niccolò were painters.—Lanzi, iii. 263, 278; Ch. Blanc, École génoise; Burckhardt, 799.

CARLONI, GIOVANNI, born in Genoa in 1591, died in Milan in 1630. Genoese school; son and pupil of Taddeo Carloni, and scholar of Pietro Sorri; finally studied in Rome and Florence, where he learned fresco under Passignano. Became an able fresco painter; works in del Gesù, l'Annunziata del Guastato, and S. Domenico, Genoa. Was painting the ceilings of S. Antonio Abate, Milan, when he died.—Lanzi, iii. 263; Ch. Blanc, École génoise.