CUISINE DES ANGES. See Diego, St., of Alcala.
CUMMINGS, THOMAS SEIR, prominent
in the early part of the century as a
miniature painter. He was one of the founders
of the National Academy, New York, an
early vice-president, and its treasurer in
1840-45. He painted the portraits of some
of the most distinguished men of his time.
CUPID, Domenichino, Hermitage, St.
Petersburg; canvas. Standing on a pedestal,
inscribed "Amor," leaning on a bow,
and holding in right hand an arrow with
point directed toward his heart. Old copy,
attributed to Elizabetta Sirani, Vienna Museum.
Engraved by Joubert (Collection
Coesvelt, 23).
CUPID ASLEEP, Michelangelo da Caravaggio,
Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, H.
2 ft. 3 in. × 3 ft. 3 in. Sleeps, with head on
quiver; holds bow and arrow in hand;
landscape background. Engraved by Marucci;
T. Verkruys.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti.
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Education of Cupid, Correggio, National Gallery, London.
CUPID, EDUCATION OF, Correggio, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 1 in. × 3 ft. Mercury, seated in a landscape, teaches Cupid to read; a winged nude Venus stands beside him. Painted about 1522-25; came from Gonzaga Collection, Mantua, to Charles I. of England, and sold, after his death, for £800; later possessed by Duke of Alva, and by Don Manuel Godoy, from whose collection taken by Murat in French invasion and carried to Naples; sold by ex-queen of Naples to Marquis of Londonderry, and by him (1834) to National Gallery, together with the Ecce Homo of Correggio, for £11,500. Damaged by repainting. Several copies, one at Sans Souci, another in Paris. Engraved by Le Villain; Arnold de Gode.—Meyer, Correggio, 340, 492; Künst. Lex., i. 438; Landon, viii. Pl. 58; Waagen, Treasures, i. 327; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 505; Richter, 63.
See also Venus equipping Cupid.
CUPID AND PSYCHE, Wilhelm von
Kaulbach, Mrs. A. T. Stewart, New York;
canvas. Psyche, nude, reclining on a bank
of flowers and ferns, lifts one foot and
stretches the drapery across her lap as she
awakes under the kiss of Cupid. A band
of musical genii hover in the air, left; background,
right, a woody glade. Photogravure
in Art Treasures of America, i. 40.
See also Psyche.
CUPIDS DISARMED, Francesco Albani,
Louvre; canvas, H. 6 ft. 6 in. × 7 ft. 10 in.
The nymphs of Diana surprise and disarm
Cupids asleep in a forest; in background, to
left, Callisto and a companion; above, Diana
in clouds. Collection of Louis XIV. Engraved
by Baudet; B. Audran.—Landon,
Musée, 2d Col., iii. Pl. 63.
CURIA, FRANCESCO, Cavaliere, born
in Naples about 1538, died there about
1610. Neapolitan school; pupil of Gio.
Fillippo Criscuolo and of Leonardo da Pistoja;
afterwards studied works of Raphael
in Rome. Acquired a great reputation in
Naples for his noble style of composition and
natural colouring. Executed works for many
churches in Naples, where most of his pictures
are. See also Death of St. Francis,
sustained by an angel, Turin Gallery.—Lanzi,
ii. 23; Ch. Blanc, École napolitaine.
