COMBA Y GARCIA, Don JUAN; contemporary. Historical genre painter. Medal, Madrid, 1885. Works: Doña Leonor la Bella asking Justice of Don Pedro I. of Castile (1878); At the Ringing of the Angelus (1881); Idealism and Reality (1885).—La Ilustracion (1878), i. 402; (1879), i. 76; (1881), ii. 331; (1885), i. 235.
COMBAT, Wm. Etty, National Gallery,
Edinburgh; canvas, H. 10 ft. 4 in. × 13 ft.
3 in. Two men fighting; the younger, whose
sword lies broken at his feet, is wounded
and forced upon his knees, while his adversary,
grasping him by the hair, is about
to deal a deadly blow, but is restrained by a
woman who throws herself at the conqueror's
feet and appeals for mercy. Royal
Academy, 1825; sold to John Martin, £300.
Engraved by G. T. Doo.—Painters of Georgian
Era, 67; Gilchrist, Life, 227.
COMERRE, LÉON FRANÇOIS, born at
Trélon (Nord); contemporary. Genre painter,
pupil of Cabanel. Won the grand prix de
Rome in 1875. Medals: 3d class, 1875; 2d
class, 1881; Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876.
Works: Cassandra (1875); Juno, Jezebel
devoured by Dogs (1878); Amorous Lion
(1879); Samson and Delilah (1881); A Star
(1882); Silenus and Bacchantes (1883); Pierrot,
Madeleine (1884).
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COMMITTEE ON MORAL BOOKS, Georges Jean Vibert, Wm. H. Vanderbilt, New York; canvas, H. 1 ft. 7 in. × 2 ft. 2 in. Two holy fathers, who are examining the books and committing the indecorous ones to the flames, are having a good laugh over some racy passage which one of them is reading aloud.—Latham sale, New York, 1878, $4100.
COMONTES, FRANCISCO, died in Toledo,
Feb. 10, 1565. Spanish school; history
and portrait painter, son and pupil of Iñigo
Comontes, scholar of Rincon. Painter to
the Cathedral of Toledo from 1547 until his
death. Painted many ecclesiastical dignitaries.—Stirling,
i. 149.
COMPROMISE OF NOBLES AT BRUSSELS,
Édouard de Biefve, Brussels Museum;
canvas. Signing of the protest against
the arbitrary acts of Philip II. by the nobles
of the Netherlands, in the Hôtel Cuylenburg,
Brussels, Feb. 16, 1566. In the foreground
is Count Philip van Marnix, author of the
document, and facing him, Count Horn,
about to sign it; on the steps behind, Count
Brederode talks to the assembly; Egmont is
seated in an arm-chair in right foreground,
with William of Orange standing near him.
Painted in 1841. Replica in small, National
Gallery, Berlin.
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COMPTE-CALIX, FRANÇOIS CLAUDIUS,
born at Lyons,
Aug. 28, 1813, died
at Chazay-d'Azergues,
July 29, 1880. Genre
painter, pupil of
Jean Cl. Bonnefond.
Many of his works
have been engraved
and lithographed.
Medals: 3d class,
1844, 1857, 1859,
1863. Works: Mother and Stepmother
(1845); Love in the Castle and Love in the
Cottage (1846); Alone in the World (1848);
Fortune and Happiness (1852); Encouragement
and Forgiveness (1855); The Four
Corners, Poor Mother (1857); Frightened
Deer (1858); The Heart's Victory (1859); No
Smoke without some Fire, Learning to Sin
(1861); Departure of the Swallows, Old
Friend (1863); Boarding-House Friends,
Swallow's Nest (1864); Viper's Nest, Rose is
Dead (1865); Evening (1866); Woman Reading,
Country Agent (1867); Orphan Girl
(1869); Poor Love (1870); Geography Lesson
(1872); Simple Story (1873); Don't waken
Him, Adam and Eve, Souvenir of Cannes
(1874); Path that leads very Far, Where are
they Going? Good-Night, Neighbour (1875);
Venice in 16th Century, Not the Smallest
