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 MONCHABLON, XAVIER ALPHONSE, born at Avillers (Vosges), June 12, 1835. History and portrait painter, pupil of Cornu, Gleyre, and the École des Beaux Arts. Won the grand prix de Rome in 1863. Medals: 1869; 2d class, 1874. Works: Four Evangelists (1874, cartoons for frescos); Salvator Mundi (1875); Joan of Arc (1876); Toilet of Venus (1877); Fallen Titan, Summer, August, October (1878); Annunciation (1882); Lorraine and its illustrious Children (1886), Faculty of Literature, Nancy; portraits of Victor Hugo (1880), and others.—Bellier, ii. 107; Claretie (1874), Peintres, 328.

MONDINO. See Scarsella.

MONET, CLAUDE, born in Paris; contemporary. Landscape painter, of the so-called Impressionist school. Works: Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur (1865); Camille, Fontainebleau Forest (1866); Vessels leaving Le Havre (1868); Lavacourt (1880); Portraits of Marshal de Mailly and of Duc de Noailles, Perpignan Museum. In New York were exhibited in 1886: Breaking up of Ice on the Seine, Low Tide at Pourville, Snow at Port Villers, La Manne Porte at Etretat, Cap d'Antifer, A Farm, Study of Willow Trees, Canal in Holland, A Wheat Field, The Seine at Lavacour, The Seine at Giverny, Cabin at Pourville, Near Monte Carlo, The Seine at Argenteuil, and several others.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1883), xxvii. 342.

MONEY CHANGERS, Quinten Massys, Louvre; wood, H. 2 ft. 4 in. × 2 ft. 3 in.; signed, dated 1518 (or 1519?). Called also the Banker and his Wife. Two figures, a man and his wife, seated behind a table, the former weighing gold coin, the latter turning over the leaves of a black-letter volume. A small round mirror on the table reflects the head of a third person not seen in the picture. Acquired in 1806, of the Sieur Marivaux, for 1,800 francs. Many repetitions or copies, some by Marianus de Seew.—Kugler (Crowe), i. 116; Cat. Louvre.

MONGIN, PIERRE, born in Paris in 1761, died at Versailles, May 18, 1827. Landscape and battle painter, took part in the first campaigns of the republic, and painted many of their incidents. Was also a gifted and witty writer. Works: The Emperor's Bivouac near Castle Ebersberg in 1809 (1810), Reserve Army passing through Defiles of Albarède (1812), Versailles Museum; Blessing the Troops departing for Italy (1814), Marseilles Museum; Park Landscapes (4, 1793, 1795), Wood and River Landscapes (4, 1795, 1796), Domestic Happiness, Mother's Joy, Schwerin Gallery.—Bellier, ii. 108; Kunstbl. (1827), 232.

MONGINOT, CHARLES, born in Brienne (Aube), Sept. 24, 1825. Fruit, flower, and animal painter, pupil of Couture. Much employed in decorative work. Medals: 1864, 1869. Works: Still Life (1853), Luxembourg Museum; do., Chartres Museum; Landlord's Impost (1863), Troyes Museum; Blood Drinkers, Milk Drinkers (1883); Charlotte and her Pigeons, Ape and Fountain (1884); Corner of Fish Market, Chevalier of the 16th century (1885); A Medal, with the Feet in the Plate (1886).—Meyer, Gesch., 713; Bellier, ii. 109.

MONI, LOUIS DE, born at Breda in 1698, died at Leyden, Sept. 15, 1771. Dutch school; genre and portrait painter, pupil of Van Kessel and Biset, then at The Hague of Philip van Dyck, whom he accompanied to Cassel; lived for many years in Leyden; studied Gerard Dou, and tried to imitate his style. Works: Cavalier offering Purse to Girl with Cat, Louvre; Lacemaker (1742), Hague Museum; Woman watering Flowers, Amsterdam Museum; Girl and Fishwife, Rotterdam Museum; Maid at Window opening Oysters, Vienna Museum; Boy rescuing a Bird from a Cat, Fishmonger Woman and Boy, Carlsruhe