Saint, dressed in a yellow tunic and a rich red mantle lined with blue, kneels before the executioner, who wears a red cap and holds a drawn sword; to left, the wheel; in the sky, an angel with palm and crown; in background, a landscape with bridge and tower.
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Conspiracy of Cataline, Salvator Rosa, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
CATHERINE OF SIENA, ST., CORONATION
OF, Pietro Francesco Bissolo, Venice
Academy; wood (?), H. 12 ft. × 8 ft. 3
in.; signed. St. Catherine kneels before
Christ, who places the crown of thorns on
her head; in attendance are angel Raphael
and Tobit, Mary Magdalen, and SS. Peter,
James, and Paul; above, the Eternal and
cherubs. Originally in S. Pietro Martire,
Murano. Bissolo's masterpiece as a composition,
but repainted.—Zanotto, Pinac. Ven.,
Pl. 10; C. & C., N. Italy, i. 289.
CATILINE, CONSPIRACY OF, Salvator
Rosa, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, H. 5
ft. × 5 ft. 11 in. A group of armed men
standing around an altar; Lentulus and
Cethegus, with hands clasped, are mingling
their blood in a chalice, to strengthen their
oaths; the figure in shadow, with a band
around his hair, is Catiline, near whom
stands Quintus Curtius. Duplicate in Casa
Martelli, Florence.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. Pl.
73; Rosini, vi. 168.
CATLIN, GEORGE, born at Wilkesbarre,
Pa., July 26, 1796, died in Jersey City, N.J.,
Dec. 23, 1872. Portrait painter, self-taught;
began his professional life in
Philadelphia. In 1832-38 he
visited the Indians of the
Yellowstone River, Indian
Territory, Arkansas, and
Florida; and in 1852-57
travelled in South and Central
America, after which he
lived in Europe until 1871.
Mr. Catlin painted 470 full-length
portraits of Indians
and many pictures illustrative
of their life and customs
which were exhibited in the
United States and in Europe.
They are now in the National
Museum, Washington.
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Death of Cato, Charles Lebrun, Louvre, Paris.
CATO, DEATH OF, Charles Lebrun, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 3 ft. 2 in. × 4 ft. 4 in. Cato dying on his bed, holding in his right hand the Phædo of Plato, which he had read before stabbing himself with the sword lying beside him; in background, the heads of a man weeping and of a soldier. (Plutarch.) Painted at Lyons about 1645.—Landon, Musée, xi. Pl. 22.
