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 MORGENSTERN, KARL, born at Frankfort in 1811. Landscape painter, grandson of preceding, pupil of Munich Academy (1832), whence he visited the Bavarian highlands, and in 1834 went to Italy; his landscapes, of masterly perspective, are mostly views from different parts of that country. Works: Bay of Villafranca near Nice (1843), View of Naples, Bay of Bajæ, Städel Gallery, Frankfort; replica of first-*named, and Coast of Capri, Tasso's House at Sorrento, Schack Gallery, Munich.—Kaulen, 147; Schack (1884), 222.

MORGENSTERN, (KARL) ERNST, born in Munich in 1847. Landscape painter, son and pupil of Christian, after whose death he studied under Joseph Schertl; visited the Bavarian Alps, Tyrol, Switzerland, North Germany, Holland, and Belgium. Works: Waldbachstrupp near Ischl, Stettin Museum; Bären Lake near Hohenaschau; Starnberg Lake; View on Meisling Lake; Village View near Dachau; Eytenhausen; North German Heath; Autumn Landscape with Chapel; Evening; Abandoned Mill; River Landscape; Evening, Indian Summer (1883).—Müller, 377.

MORIN, (FRANÇOIS) GUSTAVE, born at Rouen, April 8 (18?), 1809, died there, Feb. 15, 1886. Genre and history painter, pupil of Chaumont and of Leon Cogniet. Member of Rouen Academy; custodian of Rouen Museum since 1837; L. of Honour, 1863. Works: Last Hour (1835); Titian preparing his Colours (1852), Havre Museum; Conquest of England, Magdalen, Youth of the Virgin (1848); Ariosto reading his Poem, Rouen Museum; The Sharpers (1859), Assembly of Saint-Vivien (1861), ib.—Hédou, Gustave Morin et son Œuvre (Rouen, 1877); Chronique des Arts (1886), 61.

MORITURI TE SALUTANT. See Gladiators.

MORITZ, LOUIS, born at The Hague, Oct. 29, 1773, died in Amsterdam, Nov. 22, 1850. History and portrait painter, pupil of Dirk van der Aa. Member of Hague, Brussels, and Ghent Academies. Works: Cleopatra taken Prisoner by Proculus (1809); Victory of Nieuwpoort in 1600 (1818); Figures in Panorama of Waterloo; Battle of Nieuwpoort (1820), War Council of Civic Guard in Amsterdam; Death of Antoninus Pius, Amsterdam Museum; Stable Interior, Rotterdam Museum; Night Camp of Cossacks.—Immerzeel, ii. 240; Kramm, iv. 1156.

MORITZ, WILLIAM, the younger, born at Neuchâtel about 1805, died at Berne in 1860. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of his father (William Moritz, the elder, landscape painter?), then studied in Italy. Works: Henri II. de Longueville ordering Planting of Avenues at Colombin (1844), Wounded Chamois Hunter (1846), Neuchâtel Museum; Empty Cradle (1856), Husband at the Inn (1858), Berne Museum.

MORLAND, GEORGE, born in London, June 26, 1763, died there, Oct. 29, 1804. Figure and animal painter, son and pupil of Henry Robert Morland (1712-97), portrait painter, and grandson of George Henry Morland (died after 1789), subject painter; also studied several years at the Royal Academy, and copied assiduously the Dutch and Flemish masters. First exhibited at Royal Academy in 1779. Became dissipated, and died in a sponging-house. Painted chiefly country scenes with domestic animals, and enjoyed a high reputation. Works: Interior of Stable, Quarry with Peasants, National Gallery; The Reckoning, South Kensington Museum; his own portrait, National Portrait Gallery, London; Dogs fighting, Old