CJOMBA COMBA Y GARCIA, Don JUAN ; con- temporary. Historical genre painter. Medal, Madrid, 1885. Works : Dona Leonor la Bella asking Justice of Don Pedro I. of Cas- tile (1878); At the Ringing of the Angelus (1881); Idealism and Reality (1885). La Hustracion (1878), i. 402 ; (1879), i. 76 ; (1881), ii. 331; (1885), i. 235. COMBAT, Wm. Ethj, National Gallery, Edinburgh ; canvas, H. 10 ft. 4 in. x 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 ad- versary, grasping him by the hair, is about to deal a deadly blow, but is restrained by a woman who throws hei'self at the conquer- or's feet and appeals for mercy. Royal Academy, 1825 ; sold to John Martin, 300. Engraved by G. T. Doo. Painters of Geor- gian Era, 67; Gilchrist, Life, 227. COMERRE, LfiON FRANCOIS, born at Trelon (Nord) ; contemporary. Genre paint- er, pupil of Cabanel. Won the grand prix de Rome in 1875. Medals : 3d class, 1875 ; 2d class, 1881; Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876. Leon l8t Works : Cassandra (1875) ; Juno, Jezebel devoured by Dogs (1878); Amorous Lion (1879); Samson and Delilah (1881); A Star (1882); Silenus and Bacchantes (1883); Pier- rot, Madeleine (1884). COMMITTEE ON MORAL BOOKS, Georges Jean Vibert, Wm. H. Vanderbilt, New York ; canvas, H. 1 ft. 7 in. x 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 To- ledo, Feb. 10, 1565. Spanish school ; history and portrait painter, son and pupil of liiigo Comontes, scholar of Rincon. Painter to the Cathedral of Toledo from 1547 until his death. Painted many ecclesiastical digni- taries. Stirling, i. 149. COMPROMISE OF NOBLES AT BRUS- SELS, Edouard de Hit-fur., Brussels Muse- um ; canvas. Signing of the protest against the arbitrary acts of Philip IL by the nobles of the Netherlands, in the Hotel 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-CAUX, FRANCOIS CLAUDI- US, bom at Lyons, Aug. 28, 1813, died at Chazay-d'Azergues, July 29, 1880. Gen- re 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); Encourage- ment 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 Read- ing, Country Agent (1867) ; Orphan Girl (1869); Poor Love (1870); Geography Les- son (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 IGth Century, Not the Smallest 317
