CLAEISSEN tin Matsys, and one of the most excellent artists of that period ; entered Bruges guild in 1575, and was its dean in 1586, 1590, and 1601. Works : Two Scenes in Judgment of Cambyses (Bruges Academy, ascribed by some to Gherardt David); Banquet of Magis- trates (1574), Mars surrounded by Fine Arts (1605), both in Town Hall, Bruges; Triptych with Adoration of Shepherds, Triptych with Descent from Cross (1609), Legends from life of St. Bernard (all in Bruges Ca- thedral) ; Consecration of Church in Rome, Procession of Corpus Chri.sti (1599), Trip- tych with Madonna, all in Notre Dame, Bruges ; Members of Brotherhood of Holy Sacrament, St. Jacob's, Bruges ; Last Sup- per (1595), St. Egidius, Bruges. Allgem. d. Biogr., iv. 2G9 ; Biog. nat. de Belgique, iv. 124 ; Michiels, v. 398 ; Nagler, Mon., i. 105, 119 ; Schnaase, Niederlilnd. Brief e, 331. CLAEISSEN, PIETER, the elcjer, born in Bruges in 1500, died there in 1576. Flem- ish school ; history and portrait painter ; pu- pil of Adriaan Bekaert ; admitted to guild of St. Luke in 1516, master in 1529, dean in 1572. Works : Knight kneeling with Four Sons, Collection Prince of Orange, Brussels ; male portrait, Copenhagen Gallery. Allgem. d. Biogr., iv. 269. CLAEISSEN, PIETER, the younger, born in Bruges about 1545, died there, March 17, 1612. Flemish school ; history painter ; brother of Anthony ; entered guild in 1570, and was its dean in 1GOO and 1606. Works : Resurrection (1585), Triptych with Ecce Homo (1609), both in Bruges Cathedral ; Triptych with Madonna, Moses and Gideon (1606-1608), St. Egidius, Bruges ; Pacifica- tion of Ghent, Bruges Academy ; Portraits of Charles V. (1609), and Philip H. (1610), Madonna and Almighty with Angels (1608), Pottery Hospital, Bruges. Allgem. d.Biogi'., iv. 270 ; Biog. nat. de Belgique, iii. 126 ; Mi- chiels, v. 402. CLAIRIN, GEORGES (JULES VICTOR), born in Paris, Sept. 11, 1843. History paint- er ; pupil of Picot and Pils, and of the ftcole des Beaux Arts. Studio in Paris. Medal in 1882. Works : Incident of the Conscrip- tion of 1813 (1866); Burning Varech in Brit- tany, Robbers of Bay of Trepasses in Brit- tany (1868); Volunteers of Liberty in Spain in 1868 (1869); Massacre of the Abencerragea in Grenada, Arab Story-Teller in Tangiers (1874); Moses the Sheik's Son (1878); Enter- 18 J 6 ing the Harem, W. T. Walters, Baltimore ; Froufrou, Women burning Varech (1882); Moors in Spain after the Victory (1885); por- traits of Sarah Bernhard, Mme. Kraus. CLARA, ST., Velasquez, Dudley House, London ; EL 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft 1 in. Half- length, life-size, with a jewelled crown on her head, standing with a palm in her right hand and a cup and saucer in her left Thought to be a portrait of Fraueisca, daughter of Velasquez, who married J. B. del Mazo. Probably picture sold at Sala- manca sale (1867) for 38,000 francs Ch. Blanc, J5cole espagnole ; Gaz. des B. Arts (1879) ; Curtis, 10. CLARA, ST., DEATH OF, Munllo, Dud- ley House, London ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 3 in. x 14 ft. 4 in. The dying Saint lying on a pallet on left, surrounded by monks and nuns ; the Saviour and the Virgin approach, attended by female saints and martyrs in white robes, wearing crowns and bearing palms. Painted in 1645-7, one of eleven pictures for Convent of S. Francisco, Se- ville ; carried to Paris by Gen. M. de Fav- iers and sold to M. Aguado ; Aguado sale (1865), 75,000 fr.; in Marquis de Salamanca sale (1867), 95,000 fr. Copy by Bocanegra in Hermitage ; another, varied, D. Roberto Kith, Seville. Curtis, 223 ; G. de Leon, i. 59 ; C. Bermudez, Carta, 46 ; Stirling, ii. 834 ; Gaz. des B. Arts, Jan. 1875 ; LUlus- tration, March 18, 1855 ; Hermitage Cat, 138.
