Nuva, an ancient goddess among the Chinese, was worshi]iped before the time of Confucius. She presided over the war of the natural elements, stilling the vio- lence of storms and establishing the authority of law. She caused the world to spring from the primitive chaos, and out of elemental confusion brought natural order.
Nuvolone, Carlo Francesco, a distinguished Italian painter, the eldest son of Panlilo Nuvolone, was born at Milan in 1608. He studied under his father, but finished his education in the school of Giulio Ccsare Pnicaccini, although he did not adopt the style of either, but became a follower of Guido. According to Lanzi the forms of his figures are elegant, and the airs of his heads graceful, with a remarkable sweetness and har- mony of tints, so that he deserved the name which he still enjoys of " the Gui<lo of Lombardy." His iladon- nas are in much request for private collections. Nuvo- lone also painted many portraits for the nobility, which possess great excellence : and he was selected to paint the queen of Spain when she visited ]\Iilan in 1049. Lanzi mentions his fine picture of the Miracle of St. Pete?- in S.Vittore at Milan; and says he paintei^many other works in excellent taste, at ]Milan, Parma, Cre- mona, Piacenza, and Como. He died, according to Or- landi, in 1651, though Bryan says 1661. See Spooner, Biof/. Hist, of the Fine Arts, p. 624.
Nuvolone, Giuseppe, called II Panfh, an emi- nent Italian artist, the younger son of Panfilo Nuvolone, was born at Milan in 1619. Like his brother. Carlo Francesco, he studied first under his father, and after- wards under Giulio Cesare Procaccini. Lanzi says that in his works may everywhere be traced a composition and coloring derived from the school of Procaccini. His compositions are copious, and the oppositions of his lights and shadows are conducted with great intelli- gence and vigor; but his taste is often inferior to that of his brother, and his shado>vs are occasionally dark and sombre. He wrought with great facility, and was indefatigable in the practice of his profession during a long life, painting until his eighty-fourth year. His latter works bear traces of infirmity. There arc many of his paintings in the cities of Lombardy ; also in Bres- cia and other Venetian cities, among which Lanzi men- tions his fine picture of St. Domenico j-esiiscitdtiiif/ a Dead Man, in the church of that saint at Cremona. This work of art is animated by the most natural ex- pression, and adorned with beautiful architecture. He died in 1703. See Spooner, Bior/. Hist, of the Fine A i-ts, p. 6-J4.
Nuvolone, Panfilo, a Cremonese painter, flour- ished, according to Zaist, about 1608. He studied un- der Cav. Gio. Battista Trotti, called II Malosso, and was among the ablest disciples of that master. Lanxi says
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he afterwards followed a more solid and attractive style. Among his principal works is one in the monastery of Sts. Dumenico and Lazarus; and the Assumption of the Virgin, in the church of La Passione. See Spoonor, Biof/. Hist, of the Fine Arts, p. 624.
ITuvolstella (or Nivolstella"), Johann Georg, a German wood-engraver, born at JMentz in 1594, died in 1624. Among other prints, he executed several of the holy fathers, after the designs of Tempesta; a set of cuts for Virgil's yEneid, and other poetical subjects. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine Arts, p. G24.
Niiwayri is the patronymic of a celebrated Ara- bian historian of the 8th century of the Hegira, whose complete name was Ahjied Ibn-Abd-al-wahhab Al- EEKRi', Ai.-TEYMf Al-kindi, and who was further dis- tinguished by the honorable surname of Shehdhu-d-din (bright star of religion). lie was born at Nuwayreh, a small town of the province of Bahnassa, in Egj'pt, in the year 682 of the Hegira (A.D. 1283-84). Nuwayri distin- guished himself as a theologian of the sect of Shafei, and also as a rhetorician and grammarian, and he wrote sev- eral works on these subjects, the titles of which have not reached us. But the work which has made Nuwayri known among European scholars is his Nehdyeiu-l-drah fi fonuni-l-aduh, a sort of cj'clopwdia, consisting of thirty books or volumes, and divided into five '• fen" (subjects), each of which is further subdivided into "kasm" (sections), containing each a certain number of "bab" (chapters). The first four "fen" treat of the physical sciences and the several branches of natural history and moral philosopliy. The fifth and last, which is likewise tlie most valuable for Europeans, is wholly occupied with a history of the Moliammedan settle- ments both in the East and West. The sixth "bab" (chapter) of the same contains a narrative of the con- quest of Africa, Spain, and Sicily by the Saracens, to- gether with a chronological historj' of the sultans of the familv of Umeyah, who filled the throne of Cor- dova from A.H. 138 to 428 (A.D. 755 to 1036), and a short account of the principal events of their reigns. Xuwayri died, according to Haji Khalfah, in the year 732 of the Hegira. — English Cyclop, s. v.
Nuzzi, Ferdinand, an Italian cardinal, was born Sept. 10, 1645, in Orta, within the territory recently called the Pontifical States. He was nine years old when his mother, having become a widow, sent him to Rome to pursue his studies. Applying himself to juris- prudence, civil as well as canonical, he was soon regarded as one of the most skilful lawyers of Italy. In 168G In- nocent XI appointed him commissary of the Apostolic Chamber and canon of St. Peter. Alexander YIII often had recourse to his counsels. Innocent XII made him treasurer of the Apostolic Chamber, secretary of the Congregation of the Council, and member of that of the rites. In the midst of all his duties Nuzzi preserved his love fi)r the sciences, and his house was the rendez- vous for savans, who formed there a sort of academy where all sorts of subjects were discussed. Clement XI created him cardinal (Dec. 16, 1715) and bishop of Or- vieto. He died in Orvieto Nov. 30, 1717. As prefect of Annone, he published Discorso intorno alia colticazi- one della Campiagna di Roma (Rome, 1702, fol.). He described the sad effects of the want of culture in the coiuitry near Rome; but his work had not the result that he promised himself. His nephew, Nuzzi (Inno- cent), honorary chancellor of Benedict XIY, raised a magnificent mausoleum to his uncle in the cathc<lral of Orvieto, and translated into Italian the Hist, de la Constitution Unigenitus, by Lafitau (Cologne, Rfime, 1757, 4to). See Diet, des Cardinaux ; jNIoreri, Diet. Histor. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, xxxviii, 374.