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 of the Mendicanti, Bologna; carried to Paris in 1796; returned in 1815. Engraved by Mitelli; Trabalesi; Rosaspina.—Pinac. di Bologna, Pl. 3; Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Landon, Musée, iv. Pl. 35.

Calling of St. Matthew, Lodovico Carracci, Bologna Gallery.

MATURINO. See Caravaggio, Polidoro da.

MATWÉYEFF, FEODOR MICHAILOVICH, born at St. Petersburg in 1758, died in Rome in 1826. Landscape painter, among the foremost in Russia. Works: Berne, Lake of Bolsena (1819), Waterfalls of Velino and Tivoli, Near the Papal Palace, Lago Maggiore, Falls of Imathra, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Füssli, ii. 801; Raczynski, iii. 538.

MAULBERTSCH, ANTON FRANZ, born at Langenargen, on Lake Constance, June 7, 1724, died in Vienna, Aug. 9, 1796. German school; history painter, pupil in Vienna of Van Roi and of the Academy; obtained the prize in 1750, and became court-painter and member of Vienna (1760) and Berlin Academies. Works: Christ Crucified; Joseph II. ploughing the Field; Apparition of Christ; Male portrait, Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck. Frescos: Decorations in Imperial Palace and Chapel at Innsbruck, in the Library at Prague (1794), and in St. Benno's Chapel, Hofkirche, Dresden.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xx. 689; Nagler, Mon., i. 405; Wurzbach, xvii. 136.

MAURER, HUBERT, born at Rättchon, near Bonn, June 10, 1738, died in Vienna, Dec. 10, 1818. History and portrait painter, pupil of Vienna Academy under Meytens, and of Norbert Baumgartner; went in 1772 to Rome, where he remained four years, studying especially after Raphael, and then took Mengs for his model. After his return he executed important orders, which established his fame; became professor at Vienna Academy in 1785, afterwards councillor and member. Works: Venus and Mars; Cupid and Psyche; Paris reproaching Hector; Ulysses liberating his Companions from Circe; Judith leaving the Tent; Descent from the Cross, Capuchines, Vienna; St. Joseph Dying; Archangel Michael and the Fallen Angels; Unbelieving Thomas; Visitation; Trinity; Ascension; Pope Leo and Greek Bishops; Departure of Peter and Paul; Martyrdom of St. Stephen; God the Father in Clouds; Christ on Mount of Olives; Peter's Liberation from Prison; Christ and the Children (1814), Vienna Museum; Portrait Series of Austrian Heroes, Military Academy, Wiener-Neustadt; Portraits of Emperor Francis I., Stephen, Joseph II., Maria Theresa, Prince Kaunitz, Norbert Baumgartner, of himself.—Raczynski, ii. 546; Wurzbach, xvi. 140.

MAYFLOWER, RETURN OF THE, George H. Boughton, Fairman Rogers, Philadelphia. Scene from Longfellow's "Miles Standish." New England Pilgrims watching the diminishing sails of the Mayflower, seen in the far distance. The two foremost persons are John Alden and Priscilla. Engraved by Chaut.—Art Treasures of America, ii. 84.