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 (1883), Pennsylvania Academy; Last Sacrament (1884), Polytechnic Institution, Louisville; Village Clockmaker (1884); Approaching Storm (1885); Visit of the Marquise (1886).

MOSS, ELLA A., born in New Orleans in 1844. Portrait painter, pupil of Sohn in Düsseldorf; painted in Belgium and Germany until 1877, when she returned to America and opened a studio in New York. Works: Portraits of Rev. Dr. Morgan (1878), and Dr. Deems (1879); Sketch—Unwelcome Kiss (1879).

MOSSDORF, KARL, born in Altenburg; contemporary. History painter, pupil in Munich of Schwind, whom he assisted in the decorations of the Wartburg near Eisenach; visited Rome (1853-54), assisted in decorating the new opera-house in Vienna, and painted frescos in the ducal palace at Altenburg. Works: Scenes from Myth of Psyche (1868), Altenburg Palace; St. Elizabeth (1871).—Allgem. Zeitg. (1868); Dioskuren (1867); Müller, 379.

MÖSSMER, JOSEF, born in Vienna, March 20, 1780, died June 22, 1845. Landscape painter, son of, and first instructed by, the engraver, Johann Mössmer, then pupil of Vienna Academy under Brand and under Martin von Molitor (1759-1812), after whose death he was much influenced by Rechberger; was appointed instructor at the Academy in 1808, and professor in 1815; councillor in 1818. Works: Mountain Landscape after Storm (1829), Museum, Vienna; Mill in a Valley (1835), Harrach Gallery, ib.; Seaport, Czernin Gallery, ib.—Wurzbach, xviii. 431.

MOSTAERT (Mostert), FRANS, born at Hulst, Flanders, about 1534, died at Antwerp in 1560. Flemish school; landscape painter, first instructed by his father, then pupil of Herri de Bles; appears settled as master in Antwerp in 1553. His pictures are very rare. Works: Rocky Landscape, Seaport by Moonlight with Fishermen, Mountainous Landscape with Hagar and the Angel, Vienna Museum.—Engerth, Belved. Gal., ii. 296; Van den Branden, 301.

MOSTAERT, GILLIS, born at Hulst, Flanders, about 1534, died at Antwerp, Dec. 28, 1598. Flemish school; landscape, history, genre, and portrait painter, twin brother of Frans, first instructed by his father, then pupil of Jan Mandyn of Haarlem (a fantastic artist, in the manner of Hieronymus Bosch); master of the guild at Antwerp in 1554. Works: Christ on the Cross with Mary and St. John, and surrounded by eight male portraits, Museum, Antwerp; Ecce Homo, City Hall, ib.; Passion of Our Lord, Orphanage, ib.; Christ on the Cross, Copenhagen Gallery.—Kramm, iv. 1164; Van den Branden, 302.

MOSTAERT (Mostert), JAN, born in Haarlem in 1474, died there in 1555 or 1556. Dutch school; history painter, pupil of Jacob Janszen of Haarlem; influenced by Gerard David. The first documentary evidence of his employment as a painter is dated 1500, the latest 1549, when he went to Hoorn to paint an altarpiece. He was painter to Margaret of Austria for eighteen years. His art shows a close affinity to that of the masters of Bruges. Many of his works perished in the great fire at Haarlem; none of the pictures attributed to him are really authenticated. Works: Madonna in a Garden, National Gallery, London; Madonna, two portraits, Antwerp Museum; Mater Dolorosa, Bruges Cathedral; Entombment, Mr. Heath, Enfield, England; Adoration of the Magi, Lübeck Cathedral; Madonna, Repose in Egypt, Berlin Museum; Two Episodes in Life of St. Benedict, Brussels Museum; Portraits of Augustyn van Teylingen and Wife (1511), Rotterdam Museum; Madonna, Repose in Egypt, Berlin Museum; Repose, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Marriage of St. Catherine, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Holy Family, The Virgin, Schleissheim Gallery; Male portrait, Vienna Museum; St. Catherine, Milan Academy; Lute Player, Turin Gal