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 MA HIS MARIS, JAKOB, born at The Hague, Aug. 25, 1837. Landscape painter, brother of Matthys, pupil of Hague Academy, then of Strobel and of Hubertus van Hove, whom lie followed to Antwerp, where he became a pupil of De Keyser and of Van Lerius ; weut to Paris iii 18G6, studied under Hebert, and was greatly influenced by the representatives of the "Paysage intime." He returned to The Hague in 1871 ; lives now in Brussels. Works : Knitting Girl by a House ; View of the Y with Amsterdam ; Coast View ; Girl dressing Vegetables ; View of Schie- dam ; On the Shore, Dutch Landscape (1878) ; View in Dutch Town ; By the Sea ; Mother and Children (1879) ; River, View of Amsterdam (1883) ; Souvenir of Dor- drecht, Return of Fishermen (1884). Mey- er, Conv. Lex., xvii. 570 ; Muller, 353. MARIS, MATTHYS, born at The Hague in 1835. Genre painter, pupil of Hague and Antwerp Academies, where he was es- pecially attracted by Leys ; returned to The Hague, went to Paris in 1809, and, influ- enced by Hamon, completely changed his style, which found great favour in England, iii the private galleries of which most of his pictures, bought at high prices, are to be found. For some years past settled in London. Works : At the Well ; Dutch Village ; Reading a Letter ; Baptism ; Hear of a House (1803) ; Girl with Butterflies ; Girl with Doves (1872) ; Girl and Goats, G. A. Drummond, Baltimore. Meyer, Conv. Lex., xvii. 570 ; Muller, 354 MARIS, WILLEM, born at The Hague ; contemporary. Landscape and animal paint- er, brother of the preceding, greatly esteemed in Holland and Belgium for his water-col- ours. He is one of the presidents of the Teekeu Maatschapy at The Hague. Works : Pasture in Sunshine (1879) ; Wading Cows (1879). Meyer, Conv. Lex., xvii. 570 ; Mid- ler, 354. MARTUS AT CARTHAGE, Leon Cogniet, Luxembourg Museum ; canvas, H. 10 ft. 5 in. x 14 ft. Marius, fleeing from the pur- suit of Sulla, landed at Carthage, where a message was sent him by the ruling prso- tor commanding him to leave the countrv. " Tell the praetor," said he to the messenger, " that you have seen Gains Marius a fugitive sitting on the ruins of Carthage," thus com- paring his own changed fortunes, not inapt- ly, says Plutarch, to the fate of that city. In the picture Marius is seated at left, ad- dressing the soldier, who is standing, spear in hand, at right ; in background, the sea, St. Mark, Fra Bartolommeo, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. and the sun setting. Painted in 1824. Reveil, iii. 190 ; Larousse, x. 1220. By John Vandurh/n, heirs of Bishop W. I. Kip, San Francisco. Marius, seated, with his toga falling from his shoulders, and leaning on his sword ; his helmet is at his feet. The waters of the Mediterranean are seen through the arches of an aqueduct ; in the distance is a temple, with one of its col- umns fallen, and a fox among the ruins of its portico. Painted in Rome in 1807 ; Paris 199