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 Willshire, Int., 444; Duplessis, Merveilles de la Gravure (1869), 35; Bernasconi, 265.

MODEL, CHOICE OF A (La Modela), Mariano Fortuny, William Stewart, Paris. Academicians of Saint Luke, Rome, choosing a model. A group of painters, in the costume of the 18th century, are examining critically a nude young woman who is posing upon a marble table. The painter has placed the scene in one of the salles of the Colonna Palace. Painted in Rome in 1873.—Davillier, Fortuny, 97, 113.

MOELLER, LOUIS, born in New York in 1855. Genre painter, pupil of the National Academy, studied under Duveneck and Professor Dietz at Munich; spent six years abroad. First exhibited at National Academy in 1883. Studio in New York. Works: Blunder, Selection, Morning News, T. B. Clarke, New York; Road to School (1883); Puzzled (1884); Short Measure (1885); An Interior (1886).

MOENCH-MUNICH, CHARLES VICTOIRE FRÉDÉRIC, born in Paris, April 10, 1784, died in 1867. History painter, pupil of Girodet-Trioson. Medal, 2d class, 1817. Works: Boreas and Orythia (1817); Diana and Actæon; View at Rome; Holy Family (1831); Christ taken from Tomb by Angels (1842); King Candaules and his Wife (1846); Waiting, Return (1847); Two Views of Tréport (1850); Study of a Woman (1855); Naiad; Susanna Bathing (1857); Circle of Cupids (1859); Birth of Venus and Cupid (1861).—Bellier, ii. 102; Larousse.

MOER, JEAN BAPTISTE VAN, born in Brussels in 1819, died there, Dec. 7, 1884. Architecture and landscape painter; visited repeatedly France and Italy. Medals: Paris, 1853, 1855, 1861; Brussels, 1854; Lyons, 1858; Metz, 1861; Order of Leopold, 1860. Works: Interior of Studio in Brussels (1853); St. Gudule's, ib.; Canal in Venice (1864); San Marco, ib.; Great Choir in San Marco, ib.; Court of Doge's Palace, ib.; Chapel of S. Giovanni in San Marco, ib.; Isle of S. Giorgio near Venice; Interior of S. Maria in Belem; Roman Arcades in Spalato; View from Montjuich; Lion Court of Alhambra; Mosque of Cordova; View in Antwerp, Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Decorations, staircase of Royal Palace, Brussels.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1864), xvii. 372; (1865), xix. 26; (1867), xxiii. 16; Chronique des Arts (1884), 512; Müller, 375.

MOERENHOUT, JOSEPH JODOCUS, born at Eekeren, near Antwerp, May 3, 1801. Landscape and battle painter, pupil of Antwerp Academy; won several prizes, then studied at The Hague the masterpieces of Wouwerman and Berchem, and in Paris under Horace Vernet. He painted landscapes conjointly with Schelfhout. Works: Outpost of Cossacks (1827), Horse-race (1829), Stable Interior, Amsterdam Museum; do. (1840), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Skirmish on Yzerenberg near Louvain (1833); Winter Landscape with Horses and Figures (1840); Falcon Chase (1841); Sleigh on Frozen Canal (1848), Lady riding in Falcon Chase (1846), New Pinakothek, Munich.—Immerzeel, ii. 232.

MOEYART. See Moyaert.

MOHN, VICTOR PAUL, born at Meissen, Nov. 17, 1842. Landscape painter, pupil of Dresden Academy and of Ludwig Richter, then studied in Rome, 1866-69. Works: Easter Morning in the Campagna, Day in February at Torre del Quinto (1871); Sunday in Spring (1872); Wedding Journey (1876); Decorations in Royal Theatre, Dresden (1876-77).—Müller, 373.

MOJA, FEDERICO, born in Milan in 1802. Architecture painter, pupil of Milan Academy under Migliara, like whom he painted exterior and interior views of churches, palaces, etc., enlivened with many figures. Works: Interior of Milan Cathedral (1838), Vienna Museum; San Marco in Venice; Interior of St. Germain's in Paris during Siege under Henry IV., do. of Cappella di Rosario, Venice, Doge's Palace, ib.; The Certosa near Pavia (1844); San Maria de' Frari, Venice (1852); Amphitheatre at Verona (1853); Interior of Trappist Monastery; Canal Grande in Venice (2); San Mar