M. Novella. In front of the Madonna walks Cimabue, crowned with laurels, with his pupil Giotto; behind it, Arnolfo di Lapo, Gaddo Gaddi, Andrea Tafi, Nicoló Pisano, Buffalmacco, and Simone Memmi; in the corner, Dante. Painted in Rome; R. Academy, 1855; purchased by the Queen.—Univ. Mag. (1879), iii. 51.
CIMON, Greek painter, of Cleonæ, middle
of 5th century B.C. He developed the inventions
of Eumarus, and was the first to
give variety to attitude, to indicate the form
under drapery, and to draw the eyes correctly
instead of following the old method,
as the Egyptians did.—Pliny, xxxv. 34 [55];
Aelian, viii. 8.
CINCINNATO, ROMOLO, born in Florence
in 1502, died about 1600. Florentine
school; history painter, pupil in Rome of
Francesco Salviati; invited to Spain by Philip
II. in 1567; painted there many pictures in
oil and fresco for the Escorial and the Palazzo
del Pardo. Works: Two pictures with St.
Jerome reading, St. Jerome preaching, two
scenes from life of St. Lawrence, Escorial;
Circumcision (1572-73), Academy of S. Fernando,
Madrid; Transfiguration, St. Peter,
St. Paul, St. Lawrence (fresco), Madrid
Academy; Mythological subjects at Infantado
Palazzo, Guadalajara. His sons, Diego
Romolo (died in Rome, 1625), and Francisco
Romolo (died in Rome, 1635), were portrait
painters.—Cean Bermudez.
CIONE. See Orcagna.
CIRCE, Dosso Dossi, Palazzo Borghese,
Rome. The enchantress, in a purple and
gold robe, and with a rich turban, seated in
a forest landscape; in her right hand she
holds a tablet with necromantic signs; at
her feet are a magic circle, a coat of mail, a
dog, and two birds; near her, several swine
bound to a tree; in distance, three knights
bivouacking on the grass.—Kugler (East-*lake),
ii. 488.
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Circe, Guercino, Louvre.
By Guercino, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 3 ft. 2 in. Wearing a turban ornamented with an aigrette and a diamond clasp on her head, she holds in one hand a wand, and in the other a golden vase; near her, upon a table, are a vase and an open book with cabalistic characters. In Guercino's third manner. Collection of Louis XIV. Engraved by M. Gandolfi.—Musée royal; Filhol, ii. 80; Landon, Musée, vi. Pl. 56.
CIRCE AND THE COMPANIONS OF
ULYSSES, Briton Riviere, London; canvas,
H. 2 ft. × 4 ft. The sorceress, having
changed the companions of Ulysses into
swine, sits at left on a raised floor under a
vine-clad wall, with her wand lying beside
her, calmly contemplating the pigs wallowing
before her or seeking in vain to reach
her platform. Painted in 1871. Engraved
by Stacpoole.
CIRCUMCISION, Federigo Barocci,
Louvre; canvas, H. 12 ft. 2 in. × 8 ft. 3 in.;
signed, dated 1580. The Child seated on
the knees of one of the officers of the temple,
with priests and assistants standing near;
behind, the Virgin and St. Joseph, kneeling;
above, two angels in adoration. Painted for
oratory of the brotherhood of the Nome di
Dio, Pesaro; carried to Paris in 1799; given
in 1811 to church of Notre Dame, Paris;
placed in Louvre in 1862.—Villot, Louvre.
