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CORNARO FAMILY, Titian, Alnwick Castle, England; canvas, H. 6 ft. 8 in. × 8 ft. 5 in. An Altar, with the Holy Sacrament displayed, at top of a flight of marble steps to right; around it grouped nine members of the Cornaro family. Painted about 1560; purchased by tenth earl of Northumberland at Sir Anthony Van Dyck's sale in 1656. Small copy at Hampton Court.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 303; Waagen, Treasures, i. 393.

CORNARO, GIORGIO, portrait, Titian, Castle Howard, England; canvas, half-length, life-size; signed. Cornaro stands at a window, with a falcon in his gloved left hand. Painted in 1522. Titian never produced a finer picture (C. & C.). Engraved by Skelton in 1811.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 17.

CORNARO, LUIGI, portrait, Titian (?), Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, H. 3 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. 9 in. Figure to knees, dressed in black, sitting in an arm-chair. Fine portrait, but by Tintoretto. Engraved by Trasmundi.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. Pl. 110; C. & C., Titian, ii. 441.

CORNEILLE DES GOBELINS. See Corneille, Michel, the elder.

CORNEILLE, JEAN BAPTISTE, the younger, born in Paris in 1646, died there, April 12, 1695. French school; history painter, son and pupil of Michel C., of Orléans; won in 1664 the 2d prize, and in 1668 the 1st prize in the Academy, of which he became a member in 1675. After living several years in Rome he became professor in the Paris Academy in 1692. Works: Hercules punishing Busiris (1675), Louvre; Deliverance of St. Peter from Prison (painted for Notre Dame, 1679). Engraved after his own designs.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.

CORNEILLE, MICHEL, born at Orléans in 1603, died in Paris in 1664. French school; history painter, pupil of Simon Vouet, in whose style he executed works for churches; was in 1648 one of the twelve founders of the Academy, and in 1656 its rector. His best work, SS. Paul and Barnabas at Lystra (engraved by Poilly), painted for the Cathedral of Notre Dame. He left several etchings after Raphael and the Carracci.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.

CORNEILLE, MICHEL, the elder, born in Paris in 1642, died there at the Gobelins, Aug. 16, 1708. French school; history painter, son and pupil of Michel C., of Orléans; won the prize at the Academy and went to Rome, where he studied especially the Carracci. On his return, in 1663, he became a member of the Academy, of which he became adjunct professor in 1673, and professor in 1690. He was employed by the King at Versailles, Meudon, and Fontainebleau, decorated several churches in Paris, and painted in fresco the chapel of St. Gregory in the Invalides. Sometimes called Corneille des Gobelins, because during his later years he had apartments at the manufactory. Many of his works have been engraved, and he himself etched and engraved many plates. Works: Repose in Egypt, Louvre; Baptism of Constantine, Bordeaux Museum.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.

CORNELIS VAN HAARLEM. See Corneliszen.

CORNELISZ, JACOB, born at Oostsanen about 1475-1480 (?), died at Amsterdam about 1555-1560 (?). Dutch school; called also Jacob van Amsterdam, and Jan Walter van Assen; history, portrait, and landscape painter; earliest picture known dated 1506, and latest 1530. No particulars of his life. Among his pupils were his son Dirk (died 1567), a good portrait painter, and Jan Schoreel. Works: Madonna and SS. Anna, Joseph, and Joachim, Prince Bückeburg's Gallery; Ahrensburg near Hameln; Saul and the Witch of Endor; Salome (1524), National Museum, Amsterdam; Madonna and Angels, with SS. Sebastian, Magdalen, Donor and Donatrix, also male portrait, Antwerp Museum; Incidents in Life of a Saint, Triptych with Madonna, Angels, and Saints, Berlin Museum; Repose in Egypt,