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 CUISINE DES ANGES. See Diego, St., of Alcala.

CUMMINGS, THOMAS SEIR, prominent in the early part of the century as a miniature painter. He was one of the founders of the National Academy, New York, an early vice-president, and its treasurer in 1840-45. He painted the portraits of some of the most distinguished men of his time.

CUPID, Domenichino, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas. Standing on a pedestal, inscribed "Amor," leaning on a bow, and holding in right hand an arrow with point directed toward his heart. Old copy, attributed to Elizabetta Sirani, Vienna Museum. Engraved by Joubert (Collection Coesvelt, 23).

CUPID ASLEEP, Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, H. 2 ft. 3 in. × 3 ft. 3 in. Sleeps, with head on quiver; holds bow and arrow in hand; landscape background. Engraved by Marucci; T. Verkruys.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti.

Education of Cupid, Correggio, National Gallery, London.

CUPID, EDUCATION OF, Correggio, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 1 in. × 3 ft. Mercury, seated in a landscape, teaches Cupid to read; a winged nude Venus stands beside him. Painted about 1522-25; came from Gonzaga Collection, Mantua, to Charles I. of England, and sold, after his death, for £800; later possessed by Duke of Alva, and by Don Manuel Godoy, from whose collection taken by Murat in French invasion and carried to Naples; sold by ex-queen of Naples to Marquis of Londonderry, and by him (1834) to National Gallery, together with the Ecce Homo of Correggio, for £11,500. Damaged by repainting. Several copies, one at Sans Souci, another in Paris. Engraved by Le Villain; Arnold de Gode.—Meyer, Correggio, 340, 492; Künst. Lex., i. 438; Landon, viii. Pl. 58; Waagen, Treasures, i. 327; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 505; Richter, 63.

See also Venus equipping Cupid.

CUPID AND PSYCHE, Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Mrs. A. T. Stewart, New York; canvas. Psyche, nude, reclining on a bank of flowers and ferns, lifts one foot and stretches the drapery across her lap as she awakes under the kiss of Cupid. A band of musical genii hover in the air, left; background, right, a woody glade. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America, i. 40.

See also Psyche.

CUPIDS DISARMED, Francesco Albani, Louvre; canvas, H. 6 ft. 6 in. × 7 ft. 10 in. The nymphs of Diana surprise and disarm Cupids asleep in a forest; in background, to left, Callisto and a companion; above, Diana in clouds. Collection of Louis XIV. Engraved by Baudet; B. Audran.—Landon, Musée, 2d Col., iii. Pl. 63.

CURIA, FRANCESCO, Cavaliere, born in Naples about 1538, died there about 1610. Neapolitan school; pupil of Gio. Fillippo Criscuolo and of Leonardo da Pistoja; afterwards studied works of Raphael in Rome. Acquired a great reputation in Naples for his noble style of composition and natural colouring. Executed works for many churches in Naples, where most of his pictures are. See also Death of St. Francis, sustained by an angel, Turin Gallery.—Lanzi, ii. 23; Ch. Blanc, École napolitaine.