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MOTTE, HENRI PAUL, born in Paris; contemporary. History painter, pupil of Gérôme. Medal, 3d class, 1880. Works: Trojan Horse, Pythia (1875); Baal devouring Prisoners of War at Babylon; Crossing the Rhône (1878); Episode in Odyssey; Geese saving the Capitol, Richelieu at La Rochelle (1881); Revenge, Past and Present (1884); The Betrothed of Belus, Passing of the Grand Vestal (1885); Vercingetorix surrendering to Cæsar (1886).—Müller, 380; La Ilustracion (1884), i. 131.

MOTTEZ, VICTOR LOUIS, born in Lille, Feb. 13, 1809. History and portrait painter, pupil of Ingres and Picot; has painted mostly frescos. Medals: 3d class, 1838; 2d class, 1845; L. of Honour, 1846. Works: Martyrdom of St. Stephen (1838), Saint-Etienne's, Lille; Holy Family and Magdalen (1840); Holy Family (1841); Christ with Martha and Mary, Leda (1842); Frescos in porch of St. Germain l'Auxerrois (1845), in St. Sulpice and other buildings; Ulysses and the Sirens (1848); Melitus, one of the Accusers of Socrates (1857), Lille Museum; Christ Entombed (1863), St. Catherine's, Lille; Episode of the Resurrection (1870); Music en famille, Ruins of Château de Tiffanges (1880); Alcibiades (1885).—Bellier, ii. 133; Larousse; Meyer, Gesch., 354.

MOUCHERON, FREDERIK DE, born at Embden in 1633 or 1634, died in Amsterdam, buried Jan. 5, 1686. Dutch school; landscape painter, pupil at Amsterdam of Jan Asselyn, whom he left in 1655 to go to Paris; settled at Antwerp and then in Amsterdam before 1659. He painted Italian scenery without ever having seen Italy, and Dutch views in a cold and heavy tone. Helmbreker and, at a later time, Adriaan van de Velde and Lingelbach adorned his landscapes with figures. Works: Garden Scene, National Gallery, London; Park with Hunting Party, Louvre; Three Landscapes with Figures and Animals (one dated 1667), Amsterdam Museum; Two Landscapes, Brussels Museum; do., Hague Museum; Mountainous Landscape, Rotterdam Museum; Stag-Hunt (1679), Italian Landscape with Herd, Brunswick Gallery; Garden with People promenading (1713), Dresden Museum; Stag-Hunt near Versailles, Italian Landscapes (3), Schwerin Gallery; others in Galleries of Aschaffenburg, Copenhagen (3), Frankfort (2), Hamburg, Oldenburg; Museums of Darmstadt, Geneva, Gotha (?), Leipsic, Stuttgart, Vienna (2); Old Pinakothek, Munich; Hermitage, St. Petersburg (7); Czernin, Liechtenstein (4), and Schönborn Galleries, Vienna; Uffizi, Florence; Historical Society, New York (2).—Immerzeel, ii. 243; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 493; Kramm, iv. 1170; Ch. Blanc, École hollandaise; Havard, A. & A. holl., iv. 191; Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 405; De Stuers, 95.

MOUCHERON, ISAAK DE, born in Amsterdam in 1670, died there, July 20, 1744. Dutch school; landscape painter, son and pupil of Frederik de Moucheron; went in 1694 to Rome. His landscapes, which in truthfulness and harmony of colour surpass those of his father, were supplied with figures by Jacob de Witt and Verkolje. Works: Landscapes in Basle Museum; in Galleries of Augsburg, Cassel (3), Christiania (2), Copenhagen, Dresden (8), Donaueschingen (2), Schwerin (5, two