near Gastein (1881); Piazza d'Erbe in Verona (1884); Morning after Carnival (1885), National Gallery, Berlin.—Academy (1881), i. 441; Allgem. K. C., 206; Andresen, v. 1; Art Journal (1882), 136, 200, 345; Courier de l'art (1885), 232; Deutsche illustr. Zeitg., ii. 339; Dumas, Ad. Menzel, sa vie et ses œuvres (Paris, 1885); Gartenlaube (1885), 811; Gaz. des B. Arts (1860), v. 179; (1880), xxi. 201; xxii. 105; (1882), xxv. 596, 603; (1884), xxx. 76; (1885), xxxi. 512; xxxii. 129; Illustr. Zeitg. (1881), i. 377; (1882), i. 405; (1885), ii. 578; (1886), i. 37; Jordan (1885), ii. 147; Kunst-Chronik, v. 130, 144; x. 371; xiv. 265; xviii. 89; xix. 445, 601; xx. 399, 511, 582; xxi. 125, 189, 227, 236, 305, 379; Kunst f. Alle, i. 61, 101; Graph. K., i. 60, 92; Leixner, Mod. K., i. 59; Müller, 364; N. fr. Presse, Abendblatt, Feb. 27, 1886; Nord und Süd, ii. 122; xi. 439; Pecht, ii. 305; Reber, iii. 358; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 252; D. Rundschau, ix. 322; xiii. 327; xvii. 298; xx. 461; Land und Meer (1872), Nos. 20 and 21; Westermann's Monatshefte, liii. 461; Zeitschr. f. b. K., i. 25; vi. 22, 171, 177; xi. 1, 32, 41; xvi. 49; xvii. 229; xviii. 135, 403; xix. 17, 319; xx. 269; ix. (Mittheilungen, ii. 51).
MERCADÉ, Don BENITO, born in Barcelona;
contemporary. History painter, pupil
of Madrid Academy. Medals in 1860,
1862, 1864, 1866. Works: Columbus begging
for Bread at Gate of La Rábida Convent;
Transportation of Body of St. Francis;
Last Moments of Brother Carlos Climaque;
Charles V. at San Yuste; St. Theresa;
Sisters of Charity; Choir of S. Maria
Novella.—La Ilustracion, 1877.
MERCK, JACOBUS FRANSZ VAN
DER, born at s'Gravendeel, Holland, died,
probably at Leyden, after 1663. Dutch
school; portrait painter, who was master
of the guild at The Hague before 1636;
married there a second time in 1649, and
must have worked at Leyden in or before
1657. Works: Captains of the Archers (3,
1657), Leyden Museum; Young Man's Portrait
(1640), Berlin Museum; Portrait of a
Dutch Scholar (Heinsius? 1642), Oldenburg
Gallery.—Meyer, Gem. der köngl.
Mus. (1883), 283.
MERCURY AND ARGUS, Rubens, Madrid
Museum; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. × 9 ft.
9 in. Mercury lulling Argus, the vigilant
guard of the cow Io, to sleep with the music
of his pipe. Same subject, Dresden Gallery,
from Carignan Collection, 5,000 livres.—Madrazo.
By Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft. 2 in. × 8 ft. 1 in. Mercury, sword in hand, is approaching stealthily, on his knees, to kill Argus, who reclines against a rock on right, asleep; behind them, Io in form of a cow. Etched by J. Vallejo; Galvan.—Curtis, 20; Gal. Esp.; Madrazo, 605.
MERCURY TEACHING CUPID. See
Cupid, Education of.
MERCURY AND THE GRACES, Tintoretto,
Palazzo Ducale, Venice; canvas. One
of the Graces, seated, presents a rose to another
kneeling at the right, while placing
her other hand on the shoulder of the third,
who is seated at the left; Mercury stands
at the left. Painted about 1578. Engraved
by Agostino Carracci (1589).—Bartsch, xviii.
104; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 217.
MERCURY AND HERSE, Paolo Veronese,
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; canvas;
signed. Mercury, with a touch of his
caduceus, transforms Aglaurus to stone for
attempting to prevent his access to her sister
Herse. From Cabinet of Queen Christina
of Sweden to the Orleans Collection;
valued at £200, sold for 105 guineas.—Waagen,
Treasures, ii. 499; iii. 447; Cab. Crozat,
ii. Pl. 20.
MERCY, SEVEN WORKS OF, David
Teniers, younger, Louvre, Paris; copper,
H. 1 ft. 11 in. × 2 ft. 6 in.; signed. At left,
an old man, richly clad, distributes bread
to the poor; behind him, a woman, aided
by a servant, gives clothing to four beggars;
in front, a page gives drink to a woman,
seated, with an infant upon her knees and
another child near her; to right, a villager
