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 Works: Hamlet of Chêne-Rogneux, Banks of the Indre (1875); September Morning near Brignoles, Environs of Loches (1876); Pond of Chêne-Percé, The Seine at the Pond-National, Bercy (1877); Autumn Morning in Provence (1879); Coast of Saint-Waast-la-Hongue, Evening in Provence (1880); Evening in the Fields, On the Cliff (1881); In Provence, Port of Commerce at Toulon (1882); Transport-Ship leaving Toulon (1883), Luxembourg Museum; Cemetery on Coast of Mediterranean (1883); Landing Place for Oranges at Toulon, Village of Six-*fours (1884); Embarking of Troops at Toulon; The Grande Route from Toulon to La Seyne (1885); On the Coast of Provence (1886).—Bellier, ii. 115.

MONTFOORT, ANTHONIS VAN, called Van Blockland, born at Montfoort about 1532-34, died at Utrecht in 1583. Dutch school; history and portrait painter, pupil in Antwerp of Frans Floris, whose style he imitated. Married at the age of nineteen, and settled at Delft. In 1572 he went to Italy and studied works of the great masters; on his return settled in Utrecht. His treatment of the nude is praiseworthy. His religious subjects are distinguished for simplicity of feeling. Works: Diana and Actæon (1573), Vienna Museum; Adoration of Shepherds, Berlin Museum.—Immerzeel, ii. 237; Kramm, iv. 1144; Nagler, Mon., i. 62.

MONTFORT, ANTOINE ALPHONSE, born in Paris, April 3, 1802. Genre and landscape painter, pupil of Horace Vernet, of Gros, and the École des Beaux Arts. Medals: 3d class, 1837, 1863. Works: Pirates in Greek Archipelago (1837); View of Nazareth (1844); Return to the Tribe, Arab Women around Cistern, Village of Nazareth—Syria (1855); Arab Camp (1859); Start for Falcon Chase (1863); Syrian Farrier, Street of Latakia (1876); Arab Camp in the Desert (1878); Enrolment in Syria, 1838 (1881).—Bellier, ii. 115.

MONVEL, LOUIS MAURICE BOUTET DE, born at Orleans, France; contemporary. Figure painter, pupil of Cabanel, Jules Lefebvre, Boulanger, and Carolus-Duran. Medals: 3d class, 1878; 2d class, 1880. Works: Marguerite and Martha at Church (1874), Orléans Museum; Toilet of Truth (1877); Good Samaritan (1878); Lesson before the Sabbath, On the High Plateaus in Algeria (1880); Return from Market in Kabylia (1882); On the Strand (1885); Sun-*effect in Algeria (1886).

MONVOISIN, RAYMOND AUGUSTE QUINSAC, born at Bordeaux, Aug. 3, 1794, died at Boulogne-sur-Seine, April 1, 1870. History painter, pupil of Guérin; won the grand prix de Rome in 1822. He founded a school of art in Valparaiso, where he lived sixteen years. Medals: 1st class, 1831, 1837. He married Domenica Festa (born 1805, in Rome), a skilful miniature painter. Works: Christ healing the Possessed (1819), Bordeaux Museum; Orestes and Pylades (1822); River Scamander (1824); Telemachus and Eucharis (1827); Shipwreck (1827); Birth of the Virgin (1830), Notre Dame de Lorette; Exaltation of Sixtus V. (1831), Luxembourg Museum; Ali-Pasha and Vasiliki, Blanche de Beaulieu, Louis XIV. and Mlle. de la Vallière (1833); Jeanne La Folle (1834), Amiens Museum; Death of Charles IX. (1835), Montpellier Museum; Battle of Denain (1837); Session of the 9th Thermidor (1838); Christ on the Cross, Death of the Poet Gilbert (1839), Nancy Museum; Christ surrounded by Angels; Paraguayan Man and Wife; Cacique of the Araucanians; Captive Chilian Woman among Araucanian Indians (1859); Women Bathing; The Cordilleras, Resignation (1863); Travelling in the Cordilleras, Souvenir of the Cordilleras (1864); Creation of Man; John Huss; Joan of Arc at the Fountain; Joan of Arc wounded; Joan of Arc at the Stake; Christ appearing to his Apostles; Groups of Spirits receiving Spiritual Communications; Portraits of five kings of France, of Conneta