COLUMBUS ed ; a blue tunic falls from the left shoulder. Believed to be a portrait of one of the mis- tresses of Francis I. Called also Flora and Vanity. In cabinet of Marie de Medicis in 1649 ; afterward in Orleans Gallery, whence sold (1829) to Mr. Udney for $105, passed thence to Banker Walckiers, Brussels, and then to gallery of The Hague ; sold at sale of William n. (1850) to Hermitage for La Columbine, Bernardino Luini, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 40,000 florins. Copy in Stafford House, Lon- don, and another at Stratton (Sir Thos. Bar- ing). Attributed by C. & C. to A. Solario. C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 58 ; Heaton, 258, 296 ; Waagen, Ermitage, 35 ; Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 63 ; Eigollot, Hist, des Arts, etc., i. 292. COLUMBUS DISCOVERING LAND, Hermann Freihold Pluddeman, National Gallery, Berlin ; canvas, H. 4 ft. x 4 f t. 7 in. ; signed, dated 1836. Columbus leans against the mast with folded hands and upraised eyes, while his officers prostrate themselves before him in shame and contrition ; near the bow, sailors greet the land with passion- ate gestures ; others embrace each other. COLUMBUS, LANDING OF, John Van- derlyn, rotunda of Capitol, Washington ; can- vas, H. 12 ft. x 18 ft. The first landing of Columbus and his followers in the New World at San Salvador. Painted in 18 for $10,000. Engraved on back of $5 United States national bank notes. COLUMBUS, DEATH OF, Gustaav Wap- pers, private gallery. Columbus, lying upon his bed, places his hand on the head of a young man kneeling beside him ; by the bedside is a large chest, from which the chains Columbus had worn are partly hang- ing out. Engraved by D. Devachez. Art Journal (1865), 268. COLYER, VINCENT, bora at Blooming- dale, N. Y., in 1825. Landscape painter ; pupil of John B. Smith and of the National Academy. Practised his profession in New York many years, exhibiting at the National Academy. Elected an A.N.A. in 1849. Stu- dio in Rowayton, Conn. Works : Johnson Straits British Columbia, J. N. Stearns, New York ; Columbia River (1875); Portrait of Geo. H. Story, National Academy, New York ; Pueblo Indian Village, Passing Shower (1876); Home of the Yackamas Oregon, H. Bigelow, New York ; Contraband, T. Kensett, Baltimore ; Darien Shore Con- necticut, Rainy Day on Connecticut Shore, Sunrise (1881) ; Winter on Connecticut Shore, Winter Bit (1884); Spring Flowers (1885). COMAN, CHARLOTTE B., bom at Waterville, N. Y.; contemporary. Landscape- painter, pupil of James Brevoort, of H. Thompson, and in Paris of Emile Vernier. Painted six years in France and Holland. Studio in New York. Works : French Vil- lage (1876); Sunset at the Seaside ^France (1877); Near Fontainebleau, Borders of the Marne, Peasant Home in Normandy (1878); ! Cottage in Picardy (1881); Old Windmills in Holland, Spring Time in Picardy France (1882) ; View near Schiedam Holland (1883); Street in Cernoy La Ville France, Farmer's Cottage in Picardy (1884); Poppy Field in Normandy (1885). 310
