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 Dreux d'Orcy, from whom bought for the Louvre. It is Géricault's masterpiece. Engraved by S. W. Reynolds. Copy or replica, New York Historical Society.—Hamerton, French Painters, 22; Villot, Cat. Louvre.

Raft of the Medusa, Géricault, Louvre, Paris.

MEEKER, JOSEPH RUSLING, born in Newark, N. J., April 21, 1827. Landscape painter, pupil of the National Academy. Studio in St. Louis. Works: Near the Atchafalaya; The Indian Chief; Uplands (1884)—Sheldon, 135.

MEEKS, EUGENE, born in New York, May 29, 1843. Historical genre painter, pupil of Alexander Wust, Dutch landscape painter in New York; visited Europe in 1864, studied at the Hague Academy one year, and spent the next five years at the Royal Academy, Antwerp, under Josef van Lerius and Nicaise de Keyser; in 1870-72 painted under Henri Bourse. Travelled and sketched through Central Europe in 1873, and has passed his professional life since in Florence, with the exception of two years in New York. Elected an associate of the Florence Academy, with title of professor, in 1883. Studio in Florence. Works: A Knickerbocker (1873); Little Nell and her Grandfather (1876); Return from the Hunt (1880), H. Witthaus, New York; Little Waitress (C. A. Bristed, ib.); Amateurs and Critics (H. G. Knowlton, ib.); Lace-Maker (J. Harper, ib.); Bridal Chamber in Palazzo Manzi—Lucca; Titian's Kitchen—Pieve di Cadore, Kitchen—Birthplace of Titian, Gondola Party from Giardino Reale—Venice, Halt at the Golden Lion, Grandpa's Birthday, Fishing Boats—Venice, Tales of a Grandfather, Startling Bit of Gossip (1884).

MEER, BAREND (Bernardus) VAN DER, born in Haarlem about 1659, probably a son of Jan the elder. Dutch school; painted flowers, fruit, and still-life with great power and truth. Works: Grapes and Vase with Flowers (1689), Vienna Museum; Fruit Piece (1689), Würzburg Gallery.—Van der Willigen, 222; Zeitschr. f. b. K., v. 321; 2 vii. 7, 260.