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 drawing-master to Prince of Asturias, afterward Philip IV., and spent rest of his days at court. Works: Pacification of Flanders, an Allegory, Adoration of the Magi, Madrid Museum; Adoration of the Shepherds, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Stirling, i. 429; Viardot, 163; Madrazo, 441.

MAYO, EL. See Vermeyen.

MAYR, HEINRICH VON, born at Nuremberg, Feb. 22, 1806, died April 5, 1871. Genre, battle, and horse painter, pupil of his stepfather Friedrich Christian Fries (1772-1836), and of the Nuremberg Art-School under Reindel; went in 1825 to Munich, where he studied in the royal stable and the veterinary school, and enjoyed the patronage and friendship of Duke Maximilian, whom he accompanied on an oriental journey in 1838-39. Works: Nuremberg Diligence, Russian Bivouac, Chevauxleger exercising Horses (1830); Skirmish between Austrian and Bavarian Cavalry (1834); Battlefield of Ratisbon (1835); Transportation of Italian Robbers (1836); Austrian Camp (1837); Duke Maximilian and Suite among Ruins of Karnak, Egyptian Troops Marching (1840); Bedouins stealing Horse, Arabian Women Washing (1844); Stud of Ibrahim Pasha at Cairo (1845);	Egyptian Mosque with Arabs Worshipping, Doctor's Visit at the Harem, Mehemet Ali and Suite (1846); Needles of Cleopatra, Temple of Ombos, Bark on the Nile with Slaves, Egyptian Bridal Procession, Hyena Hunt on the Nile (1847); Reception of Duke Maximilian in Harbour of Alexandria (1848); etc.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xxii. 139; Allgem. Zeitg., April 17, 1871, Beilage 107; Vinc. Müller, Univ. Handb. von München (1845), 160.

MAZEROLLE, (ALEXIS) JOSEPH, born in Paris, June 29, 1826. Genre painter, pupil of Dupuis and Gleyre. Medals: 3d class, 1857, 1859, 1861; L. of Honour, 1870; Officer, 1879. Works: Nero and Locusta trying Poison on a Slave (1859), Lille Museum; Diogenes (1861); Anacreon (1863); Lesbia's Sparrow (1866); Birth of Minerva (1868); Good Shepherd (1874); Communion of First Christians; Victorious Love (1865); Triumph of Galatea; Cupid and Psyche (1870); Allegory of Wine (1873); Agriculture, Commerce (1881); Fairies' Little Girl; The Cascade; The Declaration (1885).—Bellier, ii. 63.

MAZÓ, FELIPE, born at Barcelona, Spain; contemporary. History and genre painter; studied at first law, but went to Paris in 1871 and became a pupil of Bonnat; his works show vivid imagination and great power, but lack careful execution. Medals in London and Antwerp. Studio in Paris. Works: Columbus and his Son (1875), Valparaiso Museum; Columbus at Sea; Columbus at La Rábida; Patron Saint's Festival at Sitger (1884); El Zapateado (Spanish Dance, 1885); Love-song (1886),	Berlin Jubilee Exhibition.—La Ilustracion (1877).

MAZO, JUAN BAUTISTA MARTINEZ DEL, born in Madrid about 1610, died there Feb. 9, 1667. Spanish school; pupil of Velasquez, whose daughter he married; devoted himself to copying his works and those of Titian, Tintoretto, and Paolo Veronese, and became so skilful that his pictures were mistaken for the originals. He excelled also in portraiture, but his best original works are hunting-pieces and landscapes. He succeeded Velasquez as painter to the King (1661). Works: View of Saragossa, do. of the Escurial, do. of the Campillo, Seaport, Landscapes (9) and Portraits (2), Madrid Museum; Two Portraits, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Head of Christ, Landscape, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Madrazo; Cean Bermudez; Stirling, ii. 711; Charles Blanc, École espagnole; Viardot, 215; Curtis, 317; Madrazo, 442.