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 *tin Matsys, and one of the most excellent artists of that period; entered Bruges guild in 1575, and was its dean in 1586, 1590, and 1601. Works: Two Scenes in Judgment of Cambyses (Bruges Academy, ascribed by some to Gherardt David); Banquet of Magistrates (1574), Mars surrounded by Fine Arts (1605), both in Town Hall, Bruges; Triptych with Adoration of Shepherds, Triptych with Descent from Cross (1609), Legends from life of St. Bernard (all in Bruges Cathedral); Consecration of Church in Rome, Procession of Corpus Christi (1599), Triptych with Madonna, all in Notre Dame, Bruges; Members of Brotherhood of Holy Sacrament, St. Jacob's, Bruges; Last Supper (1595), St. Egidius, Bruges.—Allgem. d. Biogr., iv. 269; Biog. nat. de Belgique, iv. 124; Michiels, v. 398; Nagler, Mon., i. 105, 119; Schnaase, Niederländ. Briefe, 331.

CLAEISSEN, PIETER, the elder, born in Bruges in 1500, died there in 1576. Flemish school; history and portrait painter; pupil of Adriaan Bekaert; admitted to guild of St. Luke in 1516, master in 1529, dean in 1572. Works: Knight kneeling with Four Sons, Collection Prince of Orange, Brussels; male portrait,Copenhagen Gallery.—Allgem. d. Biogr., iv. 269.

CLAEISSEN, PIETER, the younger, born in Bruges about 1545, died there, March 17, 1612. Flemish school; history painter; brother of Anthony; entered guild in 1570, and was its dean in 1600 and 1606. Works: Resurrection (1585), Triptych with Ecce Homo (1609), both in Bruges Cathedral; Triptych with Madonna, Moses and Gideon (1606-1608), St. Egidius, Bruges; Pacification of Ghent, Bruges Academy; Portraits of Charles V. (1609), and Philip II. (1610), Madonna and Almighty with Angels (1608), Pottery Hospital, Bruges.—Allgem. d. Biogr., iv. 270; Biog. nat. de Belgique, iii. 126; Michiels, v. 402.

CLAIRIN, GEORGES (JULES VICTOR), born in Paris, Sept. 11, 1843. History painter; pupil of Picot and Pils, and of the École des Beaux Arts. Studio in Paris. Medal in 1882. Works: Incident of the Conscription of 1813 (1866); Burning Varech in Brittany, Robbers of Bay of Trépassés in Brittany (1868); Volunteers of Liberty in Spain in 1868 (1869); Massacre of the Abencerrages in Grenada, Arab Story-Teller in Tangiers (1874); Moses the Sheik's Son (1878); Entering the Harem, W. T. Walters, Baltimore; Froufrou, Women burning Varech (1882); Moors in Spain after the Victory (1885); portraits of Sarah Bernhard, Mme. Kraus.

CLARA, ST., Velasquez, Dudley House, London; H. 2 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. 1 in. Half-*length, life-size, with a jewelled crown on her head, standing with a palm in her right hand and a cup and saucer in her left. Thought to be a portrait of Francisca, daughter of Velasquez, who married J. B. del Mazo. Probably picture sold at Salamanca sale (1867) for 38,000 francs—Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Gaz. des B. Arts (1879); Curtis, 10.

CLARA, ST., DEATH OF, Murillo, Dudley House, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 3 in. × 14 ft. 4 in. The dying Saint lying on a pallet on left, surrounded by monks and nuns; the Saviour and the Virgin approach, attended by female saints and martyrs in white robes, wearing crowns and bearing palms. Painted in 1645-7, one of eleven pictures for Convent of S. Francisco, Seville; carried to Paris by Gen. M. de Faviers and sold to M. Aguado; Aguado sale (1865), 75,000 fr.; in Marquis de Salamanca sale (1867), 95,000 fr. Copy by Bocanegra in Hermitage; another, varied, D. Roberto Kith, Seville.—Curtis, 223; G. de Leon, i. 59; C. Bermudez, Carta, 46; Stirling, ii. 834; Gaz. des B. Arts, Jan. 1875; L'Illustration, March 18, 1855; Hermitage Cat., 138.