COMTE Brother (1876); Wedding in La Bresse, He told Me (1877); Search for the Truth, Tell me about That (1878); Attacking the First Lines, Dead Leaves (1879); Susannah Bath- A -CoK ing, The Hospital Nurse (1880). Larousse; Hamerton, Painting in France ; Kunst-Chro- nik, xv. 688 ; Montrosier. COMTE, PIERRE CHARLES, born in Lyons, April 23, 1823. Genre and history painter ; pupil of Delaroche, H. Vernet, and Robert Fleury. Medals : 3d class, 1852 ; 2d class, 1853, 1855, and 1857, and 3d class, 1867 ; L. of Honour, 1857. Works : Last Throw of Dice, Coronation of Inez de Cas- tro, Charles IX. visiting Coligny, Jeanne d'Albret with Rene (1848 to 1853); Henri III. and Duke of Guise (1855), Luxembourg Museum ; Arrest of Cardinal de Guise and of d'Espaignac, Bass Viol Player (1855) ; Lady Jane Grey, Henri HI. visiting his Menagerie (1857); Alain Chartier and Mar- garet of Scotland, Cardinal Richelieu (1859); Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VLL (18G1) ; Charles V. and the Duchesse d'Ktampes, Recreation of Louis XI. when Sick, Rabelais's Seigni Joan (1863); Eleanor of Este making her Son, Henry of Guise, swear to avenge his Father (1864); Charles V. in Castle of Ghent after Abdication, Young Dutch Lady embroidering (1866); Henri ILL at Time of Murder of Duke of Guise, Body-Guard of 17th Century (1867) ; | Gypsies exhibiting Dancing Pigs to Louis XL, The Mirror (1869) ; Marie Touchet j (1870); Carp at Fontainebleau in 16th Cen- } tury (1874); Winter (1876); Cards, Don Quixote's Niece (1877); Dante (1878); Love chasing Time, Time chasing Love (1879,); Francis I. putting Rings upon Carp at Fon- tainebleau (1880) ; Corps de Garde under Louis XIII, The Pigeons (1884). Works in United States : Scene at Fontainebleau (1874), Corcoran Gallery, Washington ; The Young Prince, W. H. Vauderbilt, N. Y. CONCA, SEBASTIANO, born at Gaeta in 1679, died in Naples in 1764. Neapoli- tan school ; history painter, pupil of Fr. Solimena ; visited Rome in 1706 and drew from the antique for five years. Employed in decorating S. Clemente with frescos, he executed his task so successfully that Clem- ent XL knighted him and gave him many public commissions. He painted also for the kings of Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, and Poland, for the Elector of Cologne, and for the cities of Siena, Pisa, Loretto, Palermo, and Gaeta ; but he was indebted rather to the decadence of art in his time than to any original merit. Works: Abraham sending away Hagar, Berlin Museum ; Herod and the Magi, Dresden Gallery ; Joseph in Prison, Darmstadt Museum ; Christ in the Wilder- ness, Death of Seneca, f r Madrid Museum; Assurnp- tion, S. Martino and S. Luca, Rome ; St. Francis Xavier, Aucona Museum. His brother, Gi- ovanni Conca, painted in his style and made good copies. Lanzi (Roscoe), i. 517. CONCEPTION, IMMACULATE (Fr., Conception ; Ital., Concepcion ; Sp., Con- cepcion ; Ger., Empfiingniss Maria). The pictorial representation of the doctrine that the Virgin came into the world free from the stain of original sin. By J/un'Wo, Mrs. Wm. H. Aspiuwall, New York ; canvas, H. 6 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 5 in. The Virgin, looking up to left, standing in hollow of crescent moon, with hands on breast ; beneath each side, four cherubs, with palm, lily, and olive branches ; above, each side, five heads. Taken from Royal Palace, Madrid, by General Desolle, whose daughter sold it to Mr. Woodburn, from whom bought by King of Holland for about .4,000 ; sold in 1857 to Mr. Aspinwall. Repetitions : Lord Overstone, London ; with changes, Louis Philippe sale (1853). Stir- ling, iii. 1418 ; Harper's Weekly, June 30, 1858 ; Curtis, 132. Murillo, Capuchin Church, Cadiz ; canvas, H. 6 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 4 in. The Virgin, 318
