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MARS two others shooting arrows, and a third fly- ing towards Mars, who, attended by Love with a torch, is approaching in a chariot drawn by lions ; between Sylvia and Mars, the Tiber personified, with Romulus and Remus, and the wolf. Engraved by Niquet in Musee francais. Cat. Louvre ; Filhol, iv. PI. 223 ; Landon, Musee, viii. PI. 55 ; Smith, viii. 121. MARS AND VENUS, Luca Giordano, Louvre ; canvas, H. 2 ft. x 2 ft. G in. Mars about to leave Venus, who is reclining, nude, on a couch ; at right, two women ar- range the toilette of the goddess ; at left, a cupid plays with a dog ; another is on a globe, around which is twined a serpent ; in background, Vulcan working at his forge. Engraved by Pierron ; Sixdeniers. Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Musee royal, ii. ; Filhol, xi. PI. 55 ; Landon, Musee, xiii. PL 11. By Guerdno, Modeua Gallery ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 10 in. Venus, half nude, sitting upon a couch ; behind her, Cupid aiming an arrow ; at left, Mars, in full ar- mour, is drawing aside the curtains of the bed. Painted in 1034 for Francesco, Duke of Modeua ; carried to Paris ; returned in 1815. Engraved by Giovanni Berselli ; Le Villain ; L. A. Claessens. Landon, Mu- see, ii. PI. 17 ; Filhol, i. PI. I). By Nicolas Pouxtsin, Louvre ; canvas, H. 2 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. Venus, nude, reclin- ing on drapery spread on the ground un- der trees ; Mars, with his casque on, half reclining behind her ; on opposite side a cupid with a torch, others, etc. Engraved by Blot in Musee franyais ; Niquet. Cat. Louvre ; Filhol, iv. PL 259 ; Smith, viii. 104. MARSEN (Marts, Martsen), JAN (the younger?), flourished about 1G32-44. Dutch school ; battle painter, about whose life nothing is known ; as he occasionally paint- ed backgrounds in the pictures of Michiel Miervelt, he may have lived at Delft. Works : Cavalry Combat (1630), Rotterdam Muse- um ; Gustavus Adolphus in Battle of Liit- zen (1636), Brunswick Museum ; Fight be- ! tween Cavalry and Infantry (1032), Schwerin I Gallery ; Cavalry Skirmish (1044), Czernin ! Gallery, Vienna. Kramm, iii. 810 ; Riegel, Beitriige, ii. 422 ; Schlie, 365. MARSEUS VAN SCHRICK, OTHO, born at Nymwegen about 1019, died at Am- sterdam in June, 1078. Dutch school; still-life painter ; ex- celled in the repre- sentation of plants, insects, and reptiles, which he painted with great truth and careful detail. He visited England, France, where he painted for the queen mother, and Italy ; was long in the service of the Grand Duke of Tuscany ; lived at Rome and Naples, and in the for- mer place was called Snuffelaer (Seeker), from his search after insects, plants, etc., in the Campagna ; appears as settled in 1003 at Amsterdam, where he kept a special pre- serve for the breeding of insects and reptiles. Works : A Nest, Rotterdam Museum ; Two large Snakes among Plants, Berlin Museum ; Snakes, Mushrooms, etc. (1602), Brunswick Museum ; Poppy with Butterflies, similar subject (1671), Dresden Gallery ; Bouquet with Insects, etc., Kunsthalle, Hamburg ; Thistle with Snake, etc., Schleissheim Gal- lery ; Animal Life in the Woods (7, three dated 1000, 1009, 1076), Schwerin Gallery ; Landscape with Shrubbery and Frog, Wies- baden Gallery ; Flowers with Snake and In- sects (1072), four others, Uffizi, Florence ; Reptiles, Birds, and Insects (1007), Histori- cal Society, New York. Immerzeel, ii. 199 ; Kramm, iv. 1060 ; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 522 ; Riegel, Beitriige, ii. 437 ; Schlie, 366 ; Siret (1883), ii. 18. MARSH IN THE LANDES (Marais dans les Landes), Theodore Rousseau. Frederic Hartmann sale, Paris (1881), 129,000 francs, bought by State. MARSHALL, JAMES, born at Amster- dam in 1838. History and landscape paint- 207