By Gerard Terburg, Louvre, Paris; wood, H. 1 ft. 6 in. × 1 ft. 5 in.; signed. A young woman, seated near a table, is singing, holding a sheet of music in one hand and beating time with the other; at left, behind the table, a woman standing accompanies her with a sistrum; at right, a page brings a glass upon a silver tray.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.
CONCERT, RUSTIC, Giorgione (?), Louvre;
canvas, H. 3 ft. 7 in. × 4 ft. 3 in. A
nude woman, with back to spectator, sits
under a tree with two young men, one
holding a lute; at the left, a
scantily clad woman pours
water into a stone tank from
a glass vase; in glade beyond,
a shepherd. Probably by an
imitator of Sebastian del Piombo.
In collection of Charles
I. of England; acquired by
Jabach, who sold it to Louis
XIV. Engraved by N. Dupuy;
Hoelzel; J. Falck.—C. & C.,
N. Italy, ii. 146; Cab. Crozat,
ii.; Musée français, ii.; Filhol,
iii. 213: Landon, Musée, vii.
Pl. 59.
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Rustic Concert, Giorgione, Louvre.
CONCERT OF WOMEN,
Tintoretto, Dresden Gallery;
canvas, H. 4 ft. 8 in. × 6 ft. 11
in. Several young women,
nude, playing musical instruments. From
Prague Gallery. Restored by Palmeroli.
CONDEMNED MAN, LAST DAY OF,
Michael Munkácsy, Mrs. W. P. Wilstach,
Philadelphia. Scene: interior of a Hungarian
prison. A condemned man receiving,
on the day before execution, according to
local custom, visits from his townsmen, who
bring offerings of money to pay for masses
for his soul. Etched by A. Mathey (1883).
Photogravure in Art Treasures of America.—Art
Treas. of Amer., iii. 30.
CONEGLIANO, BATTISTA DA. See
Cima da Conegliano.
CONFERENCE AT POISSY, Joseph
Nicolas Robert-Fleury, Luxembourg Museum;
canvas, H. 3 ft. × 4 ft. 4 in. To settle
the differences between the Protestants and
the Catholics a conference was held at Poissy,
in 1561, in the presence of Catherine de
Medicis and the young King Charles IX.
Theodore Beza appeared for the Protestants.
Salon, 1840.
CONFERENCE, RETURN FROM, Gustave
Courbet, Louvre; canvas. A party of
jolly monks, returning from the conference,
are evidently under the influence of wine.
One, mounted upon a donkey, is held in his
seat by two of his comrades, while others follow
in a straggling procession. In foreground,
left, are a peasant and his wife, the
latter kneeling devoutly, the former standing
in a defiant and contemptuous attitude.
Painted in 1863. Purchased at Lepel-Cointet
sale for 15,600 francs.
CONFESSORS, RIVAL, Eduardo Zamacoïs,
J. J. Astor, New York; canvas, H. 1 ft.
6 in. × 2 ft. The interior of a church, with
altar at left, the candles on which are being
lighted by a Benedictine monk; at right,
two confessionals, a monk of same order in
each box; one, austere and grim, has no
penitents before him, while the other, with a
round, benevolent face, is thronged. Salon,
1869; sold to John Taylor Johnston; at
