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(1868); Morning in the Woods (1869); Storm in Normandy, Path at Sèvres (1870); Spring-Time in Woods, Stream in Woods (1872); River in Woods (1873); Road to Washing Place, Courtyard of Farmhouse in Gasny, Brook in the Woods (1874); In Spring-Time, Old Mill, Banks of the Ebro (1875); Banks of the Ept, Woods on Banks of the Ept (1880); Sluice, Old Willow (1881); Flock of Sheep (1882); Charbonel Manufactory at Gasny (1883).—Larousse; Gaz. des B. Arts (1869), i. 511.


COCK, XAVIER DE, born in Ghent; contemporary. Landscape painter. Medal, Paris, 3d class, 1857. Works: Autumn, Cows and Goats (1872); Herd of Cows, Sheep in an Autumn Landscape (1873); Cows, A Forest, Harvesters (1874); A Forest, Cows (1876); Sheep in Autumn (1878); Yoke of Oxen (1879); Oxen in a Meadow, A Cascade (1880); Cow at a Drinking-Place (1881); Flock of Sheep (1882); Woods in Autumn, Oxen on the Lowland (1883).—L'Art (1876).

COCK FIGHT (Combat de Coqs), Jean Léon Gérôme, Luxembourg Museum, Paris; canvas, H. 4 ft. 7 in. × 6 ft. 6 in. A young Greek, nude, kneeling at right on one knee, setting two cocks to fighting; behind, a young woman, nearly nude, is seated watching the combat. Figures, life-size.—Salon, 1847; medal, 3d class.


COCX. See Coques.


COCXIE. See Coxcyen.


CODDE, PIETER, born in Amsterdam before 1610, died about 1660 (?). Dutch school; genre painter, principally of social reunions and military scenes in the style of Palamedes; probably formed himself at Haarlem under the influence of Frans and Dirk Hals; spirited conception and fine colouring. Painted figures in pictures of Dirk van Deelen. Works: Flute Player, Haarlem Museum; The Ball (1636), Game of Trictrac, Mauritshuis, Hague; Peasants at Meal surprised by Catchpolls (attributed to A. Duck), Copenhagen Gallery; Company of Six (attributed to J. le Ducq), Stockholm Museum; Guard-room, Carlsruhe Gallery; do. Göttingen Gallery; Robber Scene (attributed to C. Bega), Brunswick Gallery; Musical Company (attributed to Cocx), Speyer Gallery; Company at Table (1634), Emden Gallery; do., Schleissheim Gallery; Preparation for Carnival, Berlin Museum; Stable with Soldiers, Musical Company, Schwerin Gallery; Dancing Lesson (1627), E. von Sievers, Dorpat; Soldiers with a Girl (1628), Soldiers pilfering Peasant's Cottage (attributed to A. Duck), Dresden Gallery; Musical Company, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna; Guard-room (166-), Borghese Gallery, Rome; Seamstress, Assembly, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.—Bode, Studien, 141; Havard, A. & A. holl., iii. 139.


COELLO, ALONSO SANCHEZ. See Sanchez-Coello.



COELLO, CLAUDIO, born in Madrid about 1635, died there, April 20, 1693. Spanish school; son of Faustino Coello, a Portuguese sculptor; pupil in drawing of Francisco Rizi; won the friendship of Carreño, who obtained for him admission to the royal galleries, where he studied Titian, Rubens, and other great masters. After executing important works in Toledo and Saragossa, he returned to Madrid, was made painter to the king in 1684, and on the death of Carreño succeeded to all his honours at court. Coello's masterpiece, the Collocation of the Host, in the Escorial, cost him two years' labor. In 1691 he was appointed painter to the Cathedral of Toledo, but his satisfaction in this and other advantages which he enjoyed was counter-*balanced in the following year by the arrival of Luca Giordano, called by the King of Spain