CLOVIS Jan. 5, 1578. Lombard school. Heal name Glovicic ; sometimes called II Macedone, be- cause his family was said to Lave originated in Macedonia. Pupil of Giulio Romano, at Mantua, andofGirolamodaiLibri.from whom he learned the art of illuminating. Went to Hungary in the service of Louis II., on whose death in 1526 he returned to Italy. During the sack of Eome (1527) he was so ill-treated by the Spanish soldiers that he vowed to take holy orders if he escaped. Afterward entered the monastery of San Ru- fiuo, Mantua, but left in a few years on a dispensation from the Pope, and entered the service of Cardinal Grimani, and on his death, that of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese ; became the best Italian miniature painter of his time ; executed a great number of works, some of which are described by Vasari. His Office of the Virgin, with twenty-six minia- tures now in the library of the Naples Muse- um, cost him nine years' labour. Other works : Crucifixion, Uffizi ; Pieta, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 330, vii. 557; Lanzi, ii. 337; Ch. Blanc, Ecole lom- barde ; Waagen, i. 208, ii. 63, 334, iii. 431 ; Burckhardt, 682. CLOVIS, ENTRY OF, Joseph Nicolas Rob- <;r<-Fleury, Versailles Museum ; canvas, H. 2 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. Triumphal entry into Tours. Clovis, to whom the Emperor Auastasius had decreed consular honours, put on the purple tunic and the chlamys and placed the crown on his head in the cathedral ; then, having mounted his horse, he rode through the streets scattering with his own hand gold and silver among the people. CLUYSENAAR, ALFRED, born in Brus- sels, Sept. 24, 1837. History and genre painter ; pupil of Brussels Academy, and in Paris of the licole des Beaux Arts and of Cogniet ; visited Italy, Holland, and Ger- many. Medal, Paris, 1878 ; L. of Honour, 1878. Order of Leopold. Works : Henry IV. at Canossa (1878) ; in fresco : The Age of the Roman Empire, Foundation of the Christian Dogma, Contest of Papacy against Secular Rule, Reformation and Renaissance, The French Revolution, University of Ghent. Mtiller, 108. CLYTEMNESTRA, ancient picture. See Tauriscus, Theon. By P. N. Gutrin, Louvre ; canvas, H. 11 ft. 3 in. X 10 ft. 8 in.; signed, dated 1817. Clytemnestra, dagger in hand, hesitating on the threshold of the apartment in which Agamemnon is seen asleep, is urged forward by .ZEgisthus, who pushes her by the shoul- ders. Salon, 1817 ; acquired in 1819 for 12,000 fr. Engraved by A. Johannot ; Sis- co. Reveil, x. 677. COBERGHER, (Coeberger,) WENCES- LAS, born in Antwerp about 1560, died in Brussels in 1635. Flemish school ; history painter ; pupil of Martin de Vos, 1573, from whose studio he went to Italy in 1579 ; lived in Rome and Naples ; returned to Antwerp in 1603, where he then entered the guild. Called to Brussels by Archduke Albert, who entrusted him with all manner of work, Cobergher being also an architect and engineer. Works : Constantine adoring the Cross, St. Jacob's, Antwerp ; En- tombment, Brussels Museum ; Pieta, St. An- drew's, Antwerp. Biog. nat. de Belgique, iv. 214 ; Michiels, viii. 326 ; Rooses (Reber), 154 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole flamande. COCCHI, POMPEO, of Perugia ; Roman school (1523-1549) ; contemporary of Do- menico Alfani, and almost his equal. On register of guild in 1523. A Madonna with Saints in Cathedral of Perugia is signed and dated 1525. A Crucified Saviour in the Perugia Gallery, part of a fresco transferred to canvas, recalls the Florentine manner of the followers of Fra Bartolommeo, still with a prevailing Umbrian feeling. Cocchi made his will in 1544, and was still alive in 1549. C. & C., Italy, iii. 371 ; Ch. Blanc, ficole ombrienne. COCK, CESAR DE, born in Ghent in 1823. Landscape painter. Medals, Paris, 1867, 1869. Works : Old Mill (1857) ; Hedge Corner (1859); Farm-yard (1865); Old Mill at Veules, Herring Box (1866); Poplars (18G7); Upon the Heath, In the Woods 80S
