MARKELBACH, ALEXANDRE, born at Antwerp, Aug. 7, 1824. History painter, pupil of Antwerp Academy under Wappers, then studied in Munich under Kaulbach, visited Italy and France, and lives in Brussels. Member of Antwerp and Amsterdam Academies. Order of Leopold. Works: Rhetoricians of Antwerp in 17th Century, Brussels Museum; Evening in the Convent (1850), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Death Scene, Leipsic Museum; Flemish Guild in 17th Century.—Müller, 354.
MARKET CART, Thomas Gainsborough,
National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 6 ft.
× 5 ft. A horse with loaded cart passing a
shaded pool on the road; two girls on the
cart, and two boys and a dog walking beside
it; in foreground, left, two other figures
and a dog; at right, a boy gathering
fagots. Purchased at Lord Gwydyr's sale
(1828) for £1,102 10s. Similar composition
possessed by Lord Northwick. Engraved
by E. Goodall; and in Jones's National
Gallery.—Cat. Nat. Gal.; Eng. Painters of
Georgian Era, 12; Fulcher, 206.
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MARKÓ, KARL, the elder, born at Leutschau,
Hungary, in 1790,
died at Villa Apeggi, near
Antella, Tuscany, Nov.
20, 1860. Landscape
painter, pupil of Vienna
Academy (1822-24), then
lived at Eisenstadt until
1830, when he returned
to Vienna, and in 1834-38
studied in Rome,
where he rapidly developed
in the manner of Poussin; lived afterwards
in Pisa and Florence, enjoying the
friendship of Grand Duke Leopold II., and
finally settled at Villa Apeggi, offered him
as a home by Count Gherardesca; member
of Florence, Venice, Vienna, and Rio Janeiro
Academies. Works: Ideal Landscape
with Elijah and the Widow of Sarepta (1837),
Christ in the Storm, Vienna Museum; View
near Tivoli, Abraham and the Angel, Blind
Tobias, Diana and Nymphs; View in the
Campagna, Baptism of Christ, Expulsion of
Hagar, Jacob and Laban, Diana and Callisto,
Ino and Melicertes, Hungarian Puszta,
and many others, National Museum, Pesth.
His sons, Karl, Franz, and Andreas, have
also won reputation, the former two in their
father's branch, the latter as animal painter.—Allgem.
d. B., xx. 387; Raczynski, iii. 331;
Reber, ii. 274; Wurzbach, xvi. 459; Zeitschr.
f. b. K., viii. 45, 106, 140.
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MARKS, HENRY STACY, born in London,
Sept. 13, 1829.
Genre painter, student
in schools of
Royal Academy in
1851, and of Picot
in Paris in 1853;
elected an A.R.A. in
1871, and R.A. in
1878. Works:
Christopher Sly,
Bardolph (1854);
Slender's Courtship (1855); Toothache in
Middle Ages (1856); Dogberry's Charge to
the Watch (1859); Sexton's Sermon (1860);
Franciscan Sculptor (1861); How Shakespeare
Studied (1863); Doctors Differ
(1864); Falstaff's Own (1867); Experimental
Gunnery in Middle Ages (1868); St.
Francis preaching to the Birds, Princess
and Pelicans (1870); Bookworm (1871);
Ornithologist (1873); Capital and Labour
(1874); Jolly Post-Boys (1875); Apothecary
(1876); Bit of Blue, Spider and the Fly
(1877); Convocation (1878); Intellect and
Instinct, Old Friends (1879); Episcopal
Visitation, Author and Critics (1881); Lord
Say before Jack Cade (1882); Professor
(1883); Foolish Justices, Entomologist
(1884); Good Story, Treatise on Parrots
(1885), Delicate Question, Plain Case (1886).—Meynell,
59; Portfolio (1870), 129.
MARNE, JEAN LOUIS DE, called Demarnette,
born in Brussels, baptized Jan. 22,
1754, died at Batignolles, Paris, March 24,
1829. Genre and landscape painter, pupil
in Paris of Gabriel Briard (1725-77). He
conceived a great liking for Dutch masters,
