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MONCHABLON MONCHABLOX, XAVIER ALPHOXSE, born at Avillers (Vosges), June 12, 1835. History and portrait painter, pupil of Cor- nu, Gleyre, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Won tlie grand prix de Rome in 18G3. Medals: 180!); 2d class, 1874. Works:' Four Evangelists (1874, cartoons for fres- cos) ; Salvator Mundi (1875) ; Joan of Arc , (187G) ; Toilet of Venus (1877) ; Fallen Ti- ' tan, Summer, August, October (1878) ; An- nunciation (1882) ; Lorraine and its illustri- ous Children (1886), Faculty of Literature, . Nancy; portraits of Victor Hugo (1880), and others. Bellier, ii. 107; Claretie (1874), Peintres, 32S. MONDINO. See Xcartdla. MONET, CLAUDE, born in Paris ; con- temporary. Landscape painter, of the so- called Impressionist school. Works: Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur (1805) ; Camille, Fontainebleau Forest (1800) ; Vessels leav- ing Le Havre (1808) ; Lavacourt (1880) ; Portraits of Marshal de Mailly and of Due de Noailles, Perpignan Museum. In New York were exhibited in 1880 : Breaking up of Ice on the Seine, Low Tide at Pourville, Snow at Port Tillers, La Mamie Porte at Etretat, Cap d'Antifer, A Farm, Study of Willow Trees, Canal in Holland, A Wheat Field, The Seine at Lavacour, The Seine at Giverny, Cabin at Pourville, Near Monte Carlo, The Seine at Argenteuil, and several others. Gaz. des B. Ails (1883), xxvii. 342. MOXEY CHANGERS, Quinten Massi/s, Louvre ; wood, H. 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 3 in. ; signed, dated 1518 (or 1519?). Called also the Banker and bis Wife. Two figures, a man and his wife, seated behind a table, the former weighing gold coin, the latter turning over the leaves of a black-letter volume. A small round mirror on the table reflects the head of a third person not seen in the picture. Acquired in 1806, of the Sieur Marivaux, for 1,800 francs. Many repe- titions or copies, some by Marianus de Seew. Kugler (Crowe), i. 116 ; Cat. Louvre. MONGIN, PIERRE, born in Paris in 1701, died at Versailles, May 18, 1827. Landscape and battle painter, took part in the first campaigns of the republic, and painted many of their incidents. Was al- so a gifted and witty writer. Works : The Emperor's Bivouac near Castle Ebersberg in 1809 (1810), Reserve Army passing through Defiles of Albarede (1812), Ver- sailles Museum ; Blessing the Troops de- parting for Italy (1814), Marseilles Museum; Park Landscapes (4, 1793, 1795), Wood and River Landscapes (4, 1795, 1796), Domestic Happiness, Mother's Joy, Schweriu Gallery. Bellier, ii. 108 ; Kunstbl. (1827), 232. MONGINOT, CHARLES, born in Bri- enne (Aube), Sept. 24, 1825. Fruit, flower, and animal painter, pupil of Couture. Much employed in decorative work. Medals : 1864, 1809. Works : Still Life (1853), Lux- embourg Museum ; do., Chartres Museum ; Landlord's Impost (1863), Troyes Museum ; Blood Drinkers, Milk Drinkers (1883) ; Charlotte and her Pigeons, Ape and Foun- tain (1884) ; Corner of Fish Market, Chev- alier of the 10th century (1885) ; A Medal, with the Feet in the Plate (1880). Meyer, Gesck, 713 ; Bellier, ii. 109. MONI, LOUIS DE, born at Breda in 1698, died at Leyden, Sept. 15, 1771. Dutch school ; genre and por- trait painter, pupil of Van Kessel and Biset, then at The Hague of Philip van Dyck, whom he accompanied to Cas- sel ; lived for many years in Leyden ; stud- ied Gerard Dou, and tried to imitate his style. Works : Cavalier offering Purse to Girl with Cat, Louvre ; Lacemaker (1742), Hague Museum ; Woman watering Flowers, Amsterdam Museum ; Girl and Fishwife, Rotterdam Mu- seum ; Maid at Window opening Oysters, Vienna Museum ; Boy rescuing a Bird from a Cat, Fishmonger Woman and Boy, Carlsruhe 284