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 COMBA Y GARCIA, Don JUAN; contemporary. Historical genre painter. Medal, Madrid, 1885. Works: Doña Leonor la Bella asking Justice of Don Pedro I. of Castile (1878); At the Ringing of the Angelus (1881); Idealism and Reality (1885).—La Ilustracion (1878), i. 402; (1879), i. 76; (1881),	ii. 331; (1885), i. 235.

COMBAT, Wm. Etty, National Gallery, Edinburgh; canvas, H. 10 ft. 4 in. × 13 ft. 3 in. Two men fighting; the younger, whose sword lies broken at his feet, is wounded and forced upon his knees, while his adversary, grasping him by the hair, is about to deal a deadly blow, but is restrained by a woman who throws herself at the conqueror's feet and appeals for mercy. Royal Academy, 1825; sold to John Martin, £300. Engraved by G. T. Doo.—Painters of Georgian Era, 67; Gilchrist, Life, 227.

COMERRE, LÉON FRANÇOIS, born at Trélon (Nord); contemporary. Genre painter, pupil of Cabanel. Won the grand prix de Rome in 1875. Medals: 3d class, 1875; 2d class, 1881; Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876. Works: Cassandra (1875); Juno, Jezebel devoured by Dogs (1878); Amorous Lion (1879); Samson and Delilah (1881); A Star (1882);	Silenus and Bacchantes (1883); Pierrot, Madeleine (1884).

COMMITTEE ON MORAL BOOKS, Georges Jean Vibert, Wm. H. Vanderbilt, New York; canvas, H. 1 ft. 7 in. × 2 ft. 2 in. Two holy fathers, who are examining the books and committing the indecorous ones to the flames, are having a good laugh over some racy passage which one of them is reading aloud.—Latham sale, New York, 1878, $4100.

COMONTES, FRANCISCO, died in Toledo, Feb. 10, 1565. Spanish school; history and portrait painter, son and pupil of Iñigo Comontes, scholar of Rincon. Painter to the Cathedral of Toledo from 1547 until his death. Painted many ecclesiastical dignitaries.—Stirling, i. 149.

COMPROMISE OF NOBLES AT BRUSSELS, Édouard de Biefve, Brussels Museum; canvas. Signing of the protest against the arbitrary acts of Philip II. by the nobles of the Netherlands, in the Hôtel Cuylenburg, Brussels, Feb. 16, 1566. In the foreground is Count Philip van Marnix, author of the document, and facing him, Count Horn, about to sign it; on the steps behind, Count Brederode talks to the assembly; Egmont is seated in an arm-chair in right foreground, with William of Orange standing near him. Painted in 1841. Replica in small, National Gallery, Berlin.

COMPTE-CALIX, FRANÇOIS CLAUDIUS, born at Lyons, Aug. 28, 1813, died at Chazay-d'Azergues, July 29, 1880. Genre painter, pupil of Jean Cl. Bonnefond. Many of his works have been engraved and lithographed. Medals: 3d class, 1844, 1857, 1859, 1863. Works: Mother and Stepmother (1845); Love in the Castle and Love in the Cottage (1846); Alone in the World (1848); Fortune and Happiness (1852); Encouragement and Forgiveness (1855); The Four Corners, Poor Mother (1857); Frightened Deer (1858); The Heart's Victory (1859); No Smoke without some Fire, Learning to Sin (1861); Departure of the Swallows, Old Friend (1863); Boarding-House Friends, Swallow's Nest (1864); Viper's Nest, Rose is Dead (1865); Evening (1866); Woman Reading, Country Agent (1867); Orphan Girl (1869); Poor Love (1870); Geography Lesson (1872); Simple Story (1873); Don't waken Him, Adam and Eve, Souvenir of Cannes (1874); Path that leads very Far, Where are they Going? Good-Night, Neighbour (1875); Venice in 16th Century, Not the Smallest