- tin Matsys, and one of the most excellent
artists of that period; entered Bruges guild in 1575, and was its dean in 1586, 1590, and 1601. Works: Two Scenes in Judgment of Cambyses (Bruges Academy, ascribed by some to Gherardt David); Banquet of Magistrates (1574), Mars surrounded by Fine Arts (1605), both in Town Hall, Bruges; Triptych with Adoration of Shepherds, Triptych with Descent from Cross (1609), Legends from life of St. Bernard (all in Bruges Cathedral); Consecration of Church in Rome, Procession of Corpus Christi (1599), Triptych with Madonna, all in Notre Dame, Bruges; Members of Brotherhood of Holy Sacrament, St. Jacob's, Bruges; Last Supper (1595), St. Egidius, Bruges.—Allgem. d. Biogr., iv. 269; Biog. nat. de Belgique, iv. 124; Michiels, v. 398; Nagler, Mon., i. 105, 119; Schnaase, Niederländ. Briefe, 331.
CLAEISSEN, PIETER, the elder, born
in Bruges in 1500, died there in 1576. Flemish
school; history and portrait painter; pupil
of Adriaan Bekaert; admitted to guild
of St. Luke in 1516, master in 1529, dean
in 1572. Works: Knight kneeling with
Four Sons, Collection Prince of Orange,
Brussels; male portrait,Copenhagen Gallery.—Allgem.
d. Biogr., iv. 269.
CLAEISSEN, PIETER, the younger, born
in Bruges about 1545, died there, March 17,
1612. Flemish school; history painter;
brother of Anthony; entered guild in 1570,
and was its dean in 1600 and 1606. Works:
Resurrection (1585), Triptych with Ecce
Homo (1609), both in Bruges Cathedral;
Triptych with Madonna, Moses and Gideon
(1606-1608), St. Egidius, Bruges; Pacification
of Ghent, Bruges Academy; Portraits
of Charles V. (1609), and Philip II. (1610),
Madonna and Almighty with Angels (1608),
Pottery Hospital, Bruges.—Allgem. d. Biogr.,
iv. 270; Biog. nat. de Belgique, iii. 126; Michiels,
v. 402.
CLAIRIN, GEORGES (JULES VICTOR),
born in Paris, Sept. 11, 1843. History painter;
pupil of Picot and Pils, and of the École
des Beaux Arts. Studio in Paris. Medal
in 1882. Works: Incident of the Conscription
of 1813 (1866); Burning Varech in Brittany,
Robbers of Bay of Trépassés in Brittany
(1868); Volunteers of Liberty in Spain
in 1868 (1869); Massacre of the Abencerrages
in Grenada, Arab Story-Teller in Tangiers
(1874); Moses the Sheik's Son (1878); Entering
the Harem, W. T. Walters, Baltimore;
Froufrou, Women burning Varech (1882);
Moors in Spain after the Victory (1885); portraits
of Sarah Bernhard, Mme. Kraus.
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CLARA, ST., Velasquez, Dudley House, London; H. 2 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. 1 in. Half-*length, life-size, with a jewelled crown on her head, standing with a palm in her right hand and a cup and saucer in her left. Thought to be a portrait of Francisca, daughter of Velasquez, who married J. B. del Mazo. Probably picture sold at Salamanca sale (1867) for 38,000 francs—Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Gaz. des B. Arts (1879); Curtis, 10.
CLARA, ST., DEATH OF, Murillo, Dudley
House, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 3 in. ×
14 ft. 4 in. The dying Saint lying on a
pallet on left, surrounded by monks and
nuns; the Saviour and the Virgin approach,
attended by female saints and martyrs in
white robes, wearing crowns and bearing
palms. Painted in 1645-7, one of eleven
pictures for Convent of S. Francisco, Seville;
carried to Paris by Gen. M. de Faviers
and sold to M. Aguado; Aguado sale
(1865), 75,000 fr.; in Marquis de Salamanca
sale (1867), 95,000 fr. Copy by Bocanegra
in Hermitage; another, varied, D. Roberto
Kith, Seville.—Curtis, 223; G. de Leon, i.
59; C. Bermudez, Carta, 46; Stirling, ii.
834; Gaz. des B. Arts, Jan. 1875; L'Illustration,
March 18, 1855; Hermitage Cat.,
138.
