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 Saint, dressed in a yellow tunic and a rich red mantle lined with blue, kneels before the executioner, who wears a red cap and holds a drawn sword; to left, the wheel; in the sky, an angel with palm and crown; in background, a landscape with bridge and tower.

Conspiracy of Cataline, Salvator Rosa, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

CATHERINE OF SIENA, ST., CORONATION OF, Pietro Francesco Bissolo, Venice Academy; wood (?), H. 12 ft. × 8 ft. 3 in.; signed. St. Catherine kneels before Christ, who places the crown of thorns on her head; in attendance are angel Raphael and Tobit, Mary Magdalen, and SS. Peter, James, and Paul; above, the Eternal and cherubs. Originally in S. Pietro Martire, Murano. Bissolo's masterpiece as a composition, but repainted.—Zanotto, Pinac. Ven., Pl. 10; C. & C., N. Italy, i. 289.

CATILINE, CONSPIRACY OF, Salvator Rosa, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, H. 5 ft. × 5 ft. 11 in. A group of armed men standing around an altar; Lentulus and Cethegus, with hands clasped, are mingling their blood in a chalice, to strengthen their oaths; the figure in shadow, with a band around his hair, is Catiline, near whom stands Quintus Curtius. Duplicate in Casa Martelli, Florence.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. Pl. 73; Rosini, vi. 168.

CATLIN, GEORGE, born at Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 26, 1796, died in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 23, 1872. Portrait painter, self-taught; began his professional life in Philadelphia. In 1832-38 he visited the Indians of the Yellowstone River, Indian Territory, Arkansas, and Florida; and in 1852-57 travelled in South and Central America, after which he lived in Europe until 1871. Mr. Catlin painted 470 full-length portraits of Indians and many pictures illustrative of their life and customs which were exhibited in the United States and in Europe. They are now in the National Museum, Washington.

Death of Cato, Charles Lebrun, Louvre, Paris.

CATO, DEATH OF, Charles Lebrun, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 3 ft. 2 in. × 4 ft. 4 in. Cato dying on his bed, holding in his right hand the Phædo of Plato, which he had read before stabbing himself with the sword lying beside him; in background, the heads of a man weeping and of a soldier. (Plutarch.) Painted at Lyons about 1645.—Landon, Musée, xi. Pl. 22.