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Catherine, St. Eugenius, Bologna Gallery; Marriage of St. Catherine, Vienna Museum.—Malvasia, ii. 249; Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Lanzi, iii. 97.
SEMINI, ANDREA, born in Genoa about
1525, died after
1591. Genoese
school; son and
pupil of Antonio
Semini; also studied
Perino del Vaga
and spent eight
years in Rome,
where he learned
to imitate Raphael.
Much employed in
Genoa and Milan. Works: Nativity, Turin
Gallery; Conception, S. Pietro, Genoa. Andrea's
sons, Cesare and Alessandro, were
mediocre painters.—Soprani, 57; Lanzi, iii.
243; Ch. Blanc, École génoise.
SEMINI, ANTONIO, born in Genoa about 1485, died after 1547. Genoese school; pupil of Lodovico Brea, whose style he modernized. Painted sometimes in collaboration with Teramo Piaggia or Teramo di Zoagli, his fellow-pupil under Brea. Semini's Nativity, in S. Domenico, Savona, is in the manner of Perugino, which Perino del Vaga had introduced at Genoa.—Soprani, 22; Lanzi, iii. 237; Ch. Blanc, École génoise.
SEMINI, OTTAVIO, born in Genoa
about 1530, died in Milan in 1604. Genoese
school; son and pupil of Antonio Semini;
also studied Perino del Vaga and works
of Raphael in Rome. Aided his brother Andrea
in many works, but was obliged to leave
Genoa on account of a homicide, and afterwards
led a dissipated life in Milan. Decorated
chapel of S. Girolamo in S. Angelo,
Milan.—Soprani, 57; Lanzi, iii. 243; Ch.
Blanc, École génoise.
SEMITECOLO, NICCOLÒ, Venetian
school (1351-1400). The ablest Venetian
artist of the 14th century (C. & C.). Earliest
picture, Coronation of the Virgin (1351),
is in the Vienna Academy. His best effort
is an Altarpiece (1367), in the library of the
Duomo, Padua. Other works: Madonna
with Saints, dated 1400, Correr Museum,
Venice; Coronation of the Virgin, Venice
Academy. Possibly identical with Nicholas
Paradisi, of Venice, whose works are but
little inferior to those of Semitecolo.—C. &
C., Italy, ii. 266; Burckhardt, 522.
SEMOLEI. See Franco Battista.
SENAVE, JACOBUS ALBERTUS, born
at Loo, near Furnes, Sept. 12, 1758, died in
Paris in 1829. Genre painter, pupil of Dunkirk
Academy, and continued his studies at
St. Omer and Ypres. Went to Paris, where
he came under Suvée's influence. Painted
Flemish popular festivals in the style of
Teniers. Honorary director of Ypres Academy
and honorary member of Ghent Academy
in 1822. Works: Rembrandt's Studio,
Academy, Ypres; Young Girl feeding Cow,
Horse led forth by Boy, Basle Museum;
Fantastic pictures with Architecture in and
around Paris (2), Gotha Museum; Village
Inn with Travellers and Peasants, Sarah
leading Hagar to Abraham, Leipsic Museum.—Immerzeel,
iii. 86; Nagler, xvi. 238.
SENI BESIDE WALLENSTEIN'S
BODY, Karl von Piloty, New Pinakothek,
Munich; canvas, H. 10 ft. 1 in. × 12 ft. 2 in.
The astrologer Seni, entering Wallenstein's
room in the morning, finds his dead body
extended on the floor. Painted in 1855.
SEQUEIRA, DOMINGOS ANTONIO
DE, born in Lisbon in 1768, died in Rome
in 1837. History painter, pupil of Lisbon
Academy, and in 1788 of Antonio Cavallucci
in Rome. On his return to Portugal in
1796 worked for churches and palaces; in
1823 visited Paris; then went to Italy, and
became devotional. At his death was president
of Portuguese Academy. Works:
Last Moments of Camoens; Descent from
the Cross; Flight into Egypt; St. Bruno,
Lisbon Academy.—Nagler, xvi. 276; Bryan,
729.
SERAPION, painter, probably 1st century
B.C. Pliny says (xxxv. 37 [113]) that he
was successful in scene-painting, but was
unable to depict the human form.