Willshire, Int., 444; Duplessis, Merveilles de la Gravure (1869), 35; Bernasconi, 265.
MODEL, CHOICE OF A (La Modela),
Mariano Fortuny, William Stewart, Paris.
Academicians of Saint Luke, Rome, choosing
a model. A group of painters, in the
costume of the 18th century, are examining
critically a nude young woman who is posing
upon a marble table. The painter has
placed the scene in one of the salles of the
Colonna Palace. Painted in Rome in 1873.—Davillier,
Fortuny, 97, 113.
MOELLER, LOUIS, born in New York
in 1855. Genre painter, pupil of the National
Academy, studied under Duveneck
and Professor Dietz at Munich; spent six
years abroad. First exhibited at National
Academy in 1883. Studio in New York.
Works: Blunder, Selection, Morning News,
T. B. Clarke, New York; Road to School
(1883); Puzzled (1884); Short Measure
(1885); An Interior (1886).
MOENCH-MUNICH, CHARLES VICTOIRE
FRÉDÉRIC, born in Paris, April
10, 1784, died in 1867. History painter,
pupil of Girodet-Trioson. Medal, 2d class,
1817. Works: Boreas and Orythia (1817);
Diana and Actæon; View at Rome; Holy
Family (1831); Christ taken from Tomb by
Angels (1842); King Candaules and his
Wife (1846); Waiting, Return (1847); Two
Views of Tréport (1850); Study of a Woman
(1855); Naiad; Susanna Bathing (1857);
Circle of Cupids (1859); Birth of Venus and
Cupid (1861).—Bellier, ii. 102; Larousse.
MOER, JEAN BAPTISTE VAN, born in
Brussels in 1819, died there, Dec. 7, 1884.
Architecture and landscape painter; visited
repeatedly France and Italy. Medals: Paris,
1853, 1855, 1861; Brussels, 1854; Lyons,
1858; Metz, 1861; Order of Leopold,
1860. Works: Interior of Studio in Brussels
(1853); St. Gudule's, ib.; Canal in Venice
(1864); San Marco, ib.; Great Choir in
San Marco, ib.; Court of Doge's Palace, ib.;
Chapel of S. Giovanni in San Marco, ib.;
Isle of S. Giorgio near Venice; Interior of S.
Maria in Belem; Roman Arcades in Spalato;
View from Montjuich; Lion Court of Alhambra;
Mosque of Cordova; View in Antwerp,
Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Decorations,
staircase of Royal Palace, Brussels.—Gaz.
des B. Arts (1864), xvii. 372; (1865), xix.
26; (1867), xxiii. 16; Chronique des Arts
(1884), 512; Müller, 375.
MOERENHOUT, JOSEPH JODOCUS,
born at Eekeren, near Antwerp, May 3, 1801.
Landscape and battle painter, pupil of Antwerp
Academy; won several prizes, then
studied at The Hague the masterpieces of
Wouwerman and Berchem, and in Paris under
Horace Vernet. He painted landscapes
conjointly with Schelfhout. Works: Outpost
of Cossacks (1827), Horse-race (1829),
Stable Interior, Amsterdam Museum; do.
(1840), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Skirmish on
Yzerenberg near Louvain (1833); Winter
Landscape with Horses and Figures (1840);
Falcon Chase (1841); Sleigh on Frozen Canal
(1848), Lady riding in Falcon Chase
(1846), New Pinakothek, Munich.—Immerzeel,
ii. 232.
MOEYART. See Moyaert.
MOHN, VICTOR PAUL, born at Meissen,
Nov. 17, 1842. Landscape painter,
pupil of Dresden Academy and of Ludwig
Richter, then studied in Rome, 1866-69.
Works: Easter Morning in the Campagna,
Day in February at Torre del Quinto (1871);
Sunday in Spring (1872); Wedding Journey
(1876); Decorations in Royal Theatre, Dresden
(1876-77).—Müller, 373.
MOJA, FEDERICO, born in Milan in
1802. Architecture painter, pupil of Milan
Academy under Migliara, like whom he
painted exterior and interior views of
churches, palaces, etc., enlivened with many
figures. Works: Interior of Milan Cathedral
(1838), Vienna Museum; San Marco in
Venice; Interior of St. Germain's in Paris
during Siege under Henry IV., do. of Cappella
di Rosario, Venice, Doge's Palace, ib.;
The Certosa near Pavia (1844); San Maria
de' Frari, Venice (1852); Amphitheatre at
Verona (1853); Interior of Trappist Monastery;
Canal Grande in Venice (2); San Mar-
