- ed; a blue tunic falls from the left shoulder.
Believed to be a portrait of one of the mistresses of Francis I. Called also Flora and Vanity. In cabinet of Marie de Medicis in 1649; afterward in Orleans Gallery, whence sold (1829) to Mr. Udney for $105, passed thence to Banker Walckiers, Brussels, and then to gallery of The Hague; sold at sale of William II. (1850) to Hermitage for 40,000 florins. Copy in Stafford House, London, and another at Stratton (Sir Thos. Baring). Attributed by C. & C. to A. Solario.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 58; Heaton, 258, 296; Waagen, Ermitage, 35; Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 63; Rigollot, Hist. des Arts, etc., i. 292.
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La Columbine, Bernardino Luini, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
COLUMBUS DISCOVERING LAND,
Hermann Freihold Plüddeman, National
Gallery, Berlin; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 4 ft. 7 in.;
signed, dated 1836. Columbus leans against
the mast with folded hands and upraised
eyes, while his officers prostrate themselves
before him in shame and contrition; near
the bow, sailors greet the land with passionate
gestures; others embrace each other.
COLUMBUS, LANDING OF, John Vanderlyn,
rotunda of Capitol, Washington; canvas,
H. 12 ft. × 18 ft. The first landing of
Columbus and his followers in the New
World—at San Salvador. Painted in 18—
for $10,000. Engraved on back of $5 United
States national bank notes.
COLUMBUS, DEATH OF, Gustaav Wappers,
private gallery. Columbus, lying upon
his bed, places his hand on the head of a
young man kneeling beside him; by the
bedside is a large chest, from which the
chains Columbus had worn are partly hanging
out. Engraved by D. Devachez.—Art
Journal (1865), 268.
COLYER, VINCENT, born at Bloomingdale,
N. Y., in 1825. Landscape painter;
pupil of John R. Smith and of the National
Academy. Practised his profession in New
York many years, exhibiting at the National
Academy. Elected an A.N.A. in 1849. Studio
in Rowayton, Conn. Works: Johnson
Straits—British Columbia, J. N. Stearns,
New York; Columbia River (1875); Portrait
of Geo. H. Story, National Academy, New
York; Pueblo—Indian Village, Passing
Shower (1876); Home of the Yackamas—Oregon,
H. Bigelow, New York; Contraband,
T. Kensett, Baltimore; Darien Shore—Connecticut,
Rainy Day on Connecticut Shore,
Sunrise (1881); Winter on Connecticut
Shore, Winter Bit (1884); Spring Flowers
(1885).
COMAN, CHARLOTTE B., born at
Waterville, N. Y.; contemporary. Landscape
painter, pupil of James Brevoort, of H.
Thompson, and in Paris of Émile Vernier.
Painted six years in France and Holland.
Studio in New York. Works: French Village
(1876); Sunset at the Seaside—France
(1877); Near Fontainebleau, Borders of the
Marne, Peasant Home in Normandy (1878);
Cottage in Picardy (1881); Old Windmills
in Holland, Spring Time in Picardy—France
(1882); View near Schiedam—Holland
(1883); Street in Cernoy La Ville—France,
Farmer's Cottage in Picardy (1884); Poppy
Field in Normandy (1885).
