Works: Pine Woods (1874); Storm on Isle of St. Honoré; Procession at Sorrento (1878); Congregation of Monks in the Campagna; Gondola Sail in Venice; Villa on Lake Como; Serenade at Amalfi; Monastery of Marsala on the Dead Sea; Baptism of Pilgrims in the Jordan.—Meyer, Conv. Lex., xviii. 206.
CORSET BLEU, Gabriel Metsu, Baron
Alfred de Rothschild, London; wood, 1 ft.
4 in. × 1 ft. A lady in a blue corset bordered
with ermine, and a white satin skirt
trimmed with gold lace, seated, with a music
book on her lap; on the further side of
a table sits a gentleman tuning a guitar; a
glass of wine is on the table, and a little
spaniel is in front. Tonneman Collection,
Amsterdam (1754), 1,405 fl.; Destouche Collection
(1794), 8,161 fr.; Robit Collection,
Paris (1801), 8,120 fr.; Hibbert Collection,
London (1829), £560. Replica, inferior,
Buckingham Palace.—Smith, iv. 77.
CORSET ROUGE, Gabriel Metsu, W.
Long Collection, London; wood, H. 1 ft.
1-1/2 in. × 11 in. A lady in a scarlet velvet
corset and a taffeta petticoat, seated, caressing
a dog; some blue paper, on which she
has been drawing, lies in her lap, and the
figure of an infant in plaster stands on a
table before her. Destouches Collection
(1794), 6,101 fr.; Robit Collection (1801),
3,120 fr., to Sir Simon Clarke.—Smith, iv.
77.
CORTAZZO, ORESTE, born in Italy;
contemporary. Genre painter. Works: Interrupted
Sitting (F. Rogers, Philadelphia);
Geographical Student, A. E. Borie Col.,
Philadelphia; Teasing the Poet; Taking
Leave; Crowning the Bride, W. B. Bement,
Philadelphia; Judgment of Paris, Amateurs
of Bric-à-brac, Mrs. Paran Stevens, New
York.
CORTE, CESARE DA, born in Genoa in
1550, died there in 1613. Genoese school;
son of Valerio Corte, an excellent portrait
painter from Venice (1530-80); one of the
best pupils of Luca Cambiaso. Painted
history and portraits with success, and is
said to have visited France and England,
and to have painted Queen Elizabeth. He
adopted the opinions of Luther, and died in
the prison of the Inquisition. His son
David, noted as a copyist, died of the plague
in 1657.—Lanzi, iii. 249; Baldinucci, iii.
595; Ch. Blanc, École génoise.
CORTE, JUAN DE LA, born in Madrid in
1597, died there in 1660. Spanish school;
pupil of Velasquez; painted in palace of
Buen Retiro pictures of Judgment of Paris,
Rape of Helen, Burning of Troy, the Relief
in 1635 of Valenza on the Po, and other
works, especially landscapes, in which he
was most successful. His son Gabriel (1648-1694)
was a good flower-painter.—Stirling,
ii. 692; Curtis, 329.
CORTICELLI. See Pordenone.
CORTONA, PIETRO DA. See Pietro da
Cortona.
COSIMO, PIERO DI, born in Florence
in 1462, died in 1521(?). Florentine school;
real name Piero di Lorenzo (a goldsmith),
but called Cosimo from his master, Cosimo
Rosselli, in whose studio he was the companion
of Fra Bartolommeo and of Mariotto
Albertinelli. He accompanied Rosselli to
Rome (1480-85), and probably remained
with him until his death (1506), after which
he continued to paint in his style. Among
his works may be noted the Wedding of
Perseus, Perseus delivering Andromeda, Andromeda
delivered, and the Sacrifice to Jove
for her safety, Virgin upon a Pedestal surrounded
by Saints, Uffizi, Florence; Death
of Procris, National Gallery, London; Venus
and Mars, Meeting of Christ and the Baptist,
Berlin Museum; Coronation of the Virgin,
Louvre. Cosimo was the master of Andrea
del Sarto. Vasari describes him as a strange
and cynical man.—C. & C., Italy, iii. 420;
Burckhardt, 551; Ch. Blanc, École florentine;
Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 131; Lübke,
Gesch. ital. Mal., i. 374.
COSSA, FRANCESCO, painted in 1456-1474.
Lombardo-Ferrarese school. First
appears in a record of 1456, as assistant to his
father, Cristofano del Cossa, then engaged
in illuminating the carving and statues
