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 *politan school; studied five years in Venice under Tintoretto; settled in Naples in 1590, and painted many good works, principally frescos, in the churches and public buildings. He won reputation and wealth, and lived in luxury; but his character was infamous, and he was one of the principal members of the shameful Cabal of Naples, of which Spagnoletto was the head. He left but few easel pictures.—Lanzi, ii. 30; Ch. Blanc, École napolitaine; Burckhardt, 757, 768.

CORINNE AT CAPE MISENUM, François Gérard, Lyons Museum; canvas. Illustration of the scene in Mme. de Staël's "Corinne," where, at a fête given by her at Cape Misenum, she improvises verses intended to reveal her love to Oswald. Corinne, with her lyre beside her and eyes upraised, is seated at right upon a rock; near her, contemplating her in silence, stands Oswald, enveloped in a mantle; on his right, a young Greek and the Prince of Castel-Forte; on his left, two young English girls; in background, the sea and Vesuvius with the setting sun. Painted in 1819; acquired in 1821 by the Prince Royal of Prussia, who presented it to Mme. Recamier; bequeathed by her in 1849 to Lyons, her native city. Gérard made several repetitions, one of which belonged to Talleyrand, one to M. Pozzo di Borgo, and a third to Mme. Duchayla. The last has been engraved by Zachée Prevost, Bein, Landon, and C. Normand.—Larousse, v. 138.

CORINTH, LAST DAY OF, Tony Robert-Fleury, Luxembourg Museum; canvas, H. 13 ft. 2 in. × 19 ft. 8 in. The third day after the battle of Leucopetra the Consul Mummius entered Corinth. The women and children were sold as slaves. Many of the inhabitants perished in the flames, while the city, after having been submitted to a horrible pillage, was destroyed at the sound of the trumpet. (Livy, ii. 15). In the fore-*ground, the women and children, many of them nude, are grouped around the statues of the gods, whom they implore in vain; in the background, left, Mummius and his victorious legions are marching, while clouds of smoke at right indicate that the work of destruction has begun. Salon, 1870.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1870), iii. 492.

CORMON, FERNAND, called Piestre, born in Paris, Dec. 22, 1845. History and portrait painter; pupil of Cabanel, Fromentin, and Portaels. Medals: 1870; 2d class, 1873; prix du Salon, 1875; 3d class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1880. Works: Weddings of the Niebelungen (1870); Sita (1873); Venetian Blind in Morning (1874); Woman of Java, Death of Ravana (1875), bought by Ministry of Fine Arts; Raising of Jairus's Daughter (1877); Cain (1880), Luxembourg Museum; Flowers (1881); Stone Age (1884); Portraits (1885).

CORNARO, CATARINA, Queen of Cyprus, portrait, Titian, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, half-length, life-size; signed. The Queen, as St. Catherine, with a crown of gold studded with pearls on her head, around which is the nimbus; at her elbow, the wheel. Painted in 1542. Replicas, with alterations, in Holford collection, and in collection of Duke of Wellington, London.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 57.

By Paolo Veronese, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. × 2 ft. 5 in. The Queen of Cyprus in a rich costume, seen to knees, takes a bow from a table covered with velvet, and holds two arrows in her left hand.

CORNARO, CATARINA, AT VENICE, Hans Makart, National Gallery, Berlin. The Queen of Cyprus, having landed at Venice, is receiving the homage of the nobles of that city. Painted in Vienna; exhibited in London, 1875. Philadelphia Exposition, 1876. Sold to National Gallery for 50,000 marks.—Portfolio, Feb., 1875.