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CARTHAGE, Joseph M. W. Turner, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 4 ft. 11 in. × 7 ft. 5 in. A river scene, with piles of rich architecture on each side. Royal Academy, 1828. Painted for Mr. Broadhurst.


CARTHAGE, DECLINE OF, Joseph M. W. Turner, National Gallery; canvas, H. 5 ft. 7 in. × 7 ft. 11 in. A scene of architectural magnificence on each side with an outlook upon the sea in centre and the sun setting in a sombre red gloom; at left, the hostages departing for the Roman camp. Royal Academy, 1817. Engraved by J. B. Allen in Turner Gallery.


CARTHAGE, RISE OF, See Dido building Carthage.


CARUCCI, JACOPO. See Pontormo.


CASADO DEL ALISAL, Don JOSÉ; born in Valencia, contemporary. History and genre painter; pupil of Academy of Madrid, where he won the prize of Rome in 1860, and three 1st class medals. He is court painter and director of the Spanish Academy in Rome. Order of Isabella the Catholic. Works: Death of Ferdinand IV.; Bernardo del Carpio; Semiramis; Goya's Studio, J. T. Martin, Brooklyn; Zaida, S. A. Coale, St. Louis; Beheaded Arabs; Odalisque in Harem; Flora (1881); Legend of King Ramiro, the Monk (1881), National Museum, Madrid; In the Boudoir (1882); Temptation (1884); Laura (1885).—La Ilustracion (1879), i. 366; (1881), ii. 387; (1882), i. 83, 347; (1884), ii. 315; (1885), i. 131.


CASANOVA, FRANCESCO, born in London in 1727, died at Brühl, near Vienna, July 8, 1805. Landscape and battle painter; taken to Venice at the age of six and taught by Guardi and Simonini. Visited Paris in 1751, and returned there after passing four years at Dresden. Became member of the Academy in 1763, and was employed by Catherine II. of Russia to paint her victories over the Turks. Finally settled at Vienna. Works: Battle of Fribourg, Aug. 3, 1644 (1771), Battle of Lens, Aug. 20, 1648 (1771); two Landscapes with Animals, Louvre; Battle, Vienna Museum; Turkish Cavalry Marching, Battle, Nantes Museum; Military Halt, Skirmish, Rouen Museum; Starting for the Hunt, The Walk, The Hunt, Halt during the Hunt, Nancy Museum; Battle of Lens, Battle of Fribourg, Lyons Museum.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Ch. Blanc, École française; Larousse, iii. 485; Lejeune, Guide, i. 424; Wurzbach, ii. 301.


CASELLI (Casoli, Castelli), CRISTOFORO, of Parma (1489-1507). Lombard school. Sometimes called also Cristoforo da Parma and Il Temperello. Journeyman at Venice in 1489-92, with the Bellini; painted there in 1495 the Madonna and Saints, in the sacristy of S. M. della Salute. In 1496 he was a master in Parma, where he painted (1499) the Madonna and Saints now in the Sala del Consorzio, which exhibits much of the grace of Cima. Other works of his are: Madonna and Saints, Parma Gallery; God the Father, in the Duomo, Parma, and Adoration of the Magi, in S. Giovanni, Parma.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 587; Burckhardt, 588, 603; Vasari, ed. Mil., vi. 485.


CASENTINO. See Jacopo da Casentino.


CASILE, ALFRED, born in Marseilles; contemporary. Landscape painter. Medal, 3d class, 1885. Works: Cliff in Normandy (1879); By the Cliffs (1880); Quarantine Grounds at Marseilles (1881); Field of Mars after the Exposition (1882); Quay on the Rhône (1883); After the Rain (1884); View of Paris (1885).


CASILEAR, JOHN W., born in New York, June 25, 1811. Landscape painter; studied in Europe in 1840 and in 1857. Elected an A.N.A. in 1835, and N.A. in 1851. Studio in New York. Works: Swiss Lake (1868); Genesee Meadows (1871);