drawing-master to Prince of Asturias, afterward Philip IV., and spent rest of his days at court. Works: Pacification of Flanders, an Allegory, Adoration of the Magi, Madrid Museum; Adoration of the Shepherds, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Stirling, i. 429; Viardot, 163; Madrazo, 441.
MAYO, EL. See Vermeyen.
MAYR, HEINRICH VON, born at Nuremberg,
Feb. 22, 1806, died April 5, 1871.
Genre, battle, and horse painter, pupil of
his stepfather Friedrich Christian Fries
(1772-1836), and of the Nuremberg Art-School
under Reindel; went in 1825 to
Munich, where he studied in the royal
stable and the veterinary school, and enjoyed
the patronage and friendship of Duke
Maximilian, whom he accompanied on an
oriental journey in 1838-39. Works: Nuremberg
Diligence, Russian Bivouac, Chevauxleger
exercising Horses (1830); Skirmish
between Austrian and Bavarian Cavalry
(1834); Battlefield of Ratisbon (1835);
Transportation of Italian Robbers (1836);
Austrian Camp (1837); Duke Maximilian
and Suite among Ruins of Karnak, Egyptian
Troops Marching (1840); Bedouins
stealing Horse, Arabian Women Washing
(1844); Stud of Ibrahim Pasha at Cairo
(1845); Egyptian Mosque with Arabs Worshipping,
Doctor's Visit at the Harem, Mehemet
Ali and Suite (1846); Needles of Cleopatra,
Temple of Ombos, Bark on the Nile
with Slaves, Egyptian Bridal Procession,
Hyena Hunt on the Nile (1847); Reception
of Duke Maximilian in Harbour of Alexandria
(1848); etc.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xxii.
139; Allgem. Zeitg., April 17, 1871, Beilage
107; Vinc. Müller, Univ. Handb. von
München (1845), 160.
MAZEROLLE, (ALEXIS) JOSEPH, born
in Paris, June 29, 1826. Genre painter,
pupil of Dupuis and Gleyre. Medals: 3d
class, 1857, 1859, 1861; L. of Honour,
1870; Officer, 1879. Works: Nero and
Locusta trying Poison on a Slave (1859),
Lille Museum; Diogenes (1861); Anacreon
(1863); Lesbia's Sparrow (1866); Birth of
Minerva (1868); Good Shepherd (1874);
Communion of First Christians; Victorious
Love (1865); Triumph of Galatea; Cupid
and Psyche (1870); Allegory of Wine (1873);
Agriculture, Commerce (1881); Fairies' Little
Girl; The Cascade; The Declaration
(1885).—Bellier, ii. 63.
MAZÓ, FELIPE, born at Barcelona,
Spain; contemporary. History and genre
painter; studied at first law, but went to
Paris in 1871 and became a pupil of Bonnat;
his works show vivid imagination and
great power, but lack careful execution.
Medals in London and Antwerp. Studio
in Paris. Works: Columbus and his Son
(1875), Valparaiso Museum; Columbus at
Sea; Columbus at La Rábida; Patron
Saint's Festival at Sitger (1884); El Zapateado
(Spanish Dance, 1885); Love-song
(1886), Berlin Jubilee Exhibition.—La Ilustracion
(1877).
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MAZO, JUAN BAUTISTA MARTINEZ
DEL, born in
Madrid about
1610, died there
Feb. 9, 1667.
Spanish school;
pupil of Velasquez,
whose
daughter he
married; devoted
himself to
copying his
works and those of Titian, Tintoretto, and
Paolo Veronese, and became so skilful that
his pictures were mistaken for the originals.
He excelled also in portraiture, but his best
original works are hunting-pieces and landscapes.
He succeeded Velasquez as painter
to the King (1661). Works: View of Saragossa,
do. of the Escurial, do. of the Campillo,
Seaport, Landscapes (9) and Portraits
(2), Madrid Museum; Two Portraits, Old
Pinakothek, Munich; Head of Christ, Landscape,
Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Madrazo;
Cean Bermudez; Stirling, ii. 711; Charles
Blanc, École espagnole; Viardot, 215; Curtis,
317; Madrazo, 442.
