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 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.

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.

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,