MARTHA Swiss history ; returned in 1848, when lie became member of Berlin Academy. Pro- fessor at the Sophieiistift, Weimar, since 1854. Medals : Paris, 3d class, 1844 ; 2d class, 1845. Works : Boy at Prayer (1836), Weimar Museum ; Presentation of the Augs- burg Confession (1845), Luther at the Im- perial Diet at Worms (1847), John Huss at Council of Constance (1848), Ravene Gal- lery, Berlin ; Luther's Entry into Worms (1860) ; Ulrich von Huttcn crowned Poet (1861), Cologne Museum ; Thomas Miin- zer's Last Way ; Expulsion of Salzburg Protestants (1864); Arrival of St. Elizabeth (1848), Wartburg, near Eisenach. Cotta's Kunstbl. (1836), 387; (1848), 187; D. Kunstbl. (1854), 313 ; (1855), 207 ; (1856), 454 ; (1857), 416 ; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xi. 244 ; Miiller, 355 ; Springer, 335. MARTHA, ST., Anton van Dijd; Metro- politan Museum, New York ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 3i in. x 2 ft, 5i in. St. Martha interced- ing with God for a cessation of the plague at Tarascon. Formerly in Madrid Museum, whence taken by King Joseph Bonaparte ; thence to Mr. Farrer, London, and collec- tion of David Mclntosh. MARTIN, FRANCOIS, born in Paris; contemporary. Still-life painter, pupil of Jeannin. Medal, 3d class, 1881. Works : Dessert (1876) ; African Fruits (1877) ; Knick-knacks (1878) ; Still-life (1879) ; At an Orientalist's (1880) ; Oriental Inte- rior (1881). MARTIN, HENRI JEAN GUILLAUME, born at Toulouse ; contemporary. History painter, pupil of J. P. Laurens. Medal, 1st class, Paris, 1883. Works : Paolo di Mala- testa and Francesca da Rimini (1883); Cain (1884) ; The Titans fighting Jupiter (1885). MARTIN, HOMER D., born in Albany, N. Y., Oct., 1836. Landscape painter, pu- pil of William Hart. Elected an AN. A. in 1868, and N.A. in 1875 ; Member of Society of American Artists. Studio in New York. Works : Thames at Richmond ; White Mountains from Randolph Hill ; Adiron- dacks (1876), Century Club, New York;
- Evening on the Saranac (1878) ; Spring
Morning, Sand-Dunes on Lake Ontario (1879), Montgomery Schuyler, New York ; ! Autumn Woods ; Landscape (1880); do., J. T. Martin, Brooklyn. Sheldon, 206. MARTIN, JEAN BAPTISTS, called Mar- tin des Batailles, born in Paris in 1659, died there, Oct. 8, 1735. French school ; landscape and battle painter, pupil of Van der Meulen and of La Hire ; accompanied Louis XIV. and the great Dauphin on their military expeditions, which he afterwards represented in numerous paintings. Works : Siege of Freiburg in 1677, Louvre, Paris ; Taking of Dole in 1668, do. of Condc in 1676, Departure of the King after the Lit do Justice in 1715, Camp of the French Army near Fontarabie in 1719, View of Chateau de Clagny, do. of Versailles (3), Bosquets de Versailles (3), Taking of Orsoy in 1672, Crossing the Rhine in 1672 (2), Taking of Limburg in 1675, Siege of Na- mur in 1692, Coronation of Louis XV. in 1722, Taking of Doeslmrg in 1672, besides several copies after Van der Meulen, Ver- sailles Museum ; View of Douai, View of Lille .with Entry of French Army in 1667, Douai Museum ; A Battle, Metz Museum ; View of Elburg, Montpellier Museum ; Land- scapes (2), Orleans Museum ; View of Rouen, Rouen Museum ; Cavalry Combat by a Bridge, Valenciennes Museum. Bellier, ii. 41. MARTIN, JOHN, born near Hexham, July 19, 1789, died in Isle of Man, Feb. 17, 1854. Began as a herald and coach painter in Newcastle ; also practised there and in London enamel and china paint- ing. In 1812 he exhibited at the Royal Academy his Sadak in search of the Waters of Oblivion, which was followed by Adam's 209
