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 at L. P. sale (1851) to Nieuwenhuys for £420. Engraved by Sichling, Blanchard, H. Adlard, M. Albuerne, M. Alegre; lithographed by Mauzaisse.—Curtis, 295; Stirling; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Scott, Murillo; Palomino, iii. 423; C. Bermudez, Carta, 104; Robertson, Great Painters.

By Murillo, Earl Spencer, Althorpe, Northamptonshire; canvas, H. 3 ft. 11 in. × 3 ft. 6 in. Nearly half-length. About sixty years old, bushy hair, face nearly front, in a black doublet, over which falls a linen collar edged with lace. Painted as if in an oval frame, on which right hand rests, standing on a pedestal, on which are a palette, brushes, a roll of paper, etc. Probably picture painted for his sons, which was taken to Flanders to be engraved by Collin. Bought by Sir Lawrence Dundas for £100; his sale (1794), £380; Earl of Ashburnham sale (1850), £829 10s. The most authentic of all Murillo's portraits. Repetitions with changes: Lord Leconfield, Petworth, Sussex; Duke of Wellington, London. Copy by Tobar, Madrid Museum. Engraved by R. Collin (2), Calamatta, B. Ereda; etched by C. O. Murray.—Curtis, 293; Palomino, iii. 423; C. Bermudez, ii. 55; do., Carta, 104; Art Journal (1864), 218; Portfolio (1877), 165; Lübke.

MURILLO, BREVOORT. See Holy Family, Metropolitan Museum, New York.

MURPHY, J. FRANCIS, born in Oswego, N. Y., in 1853. Landscape painter; self-taught. Exhibited first at National Academy, 1876. Member of Society of American Artists. Studio in New York. Elected A.N.A. in 1885. Works in oil: Sunny Slopes (1879); Upland Cornfield (1880), October, Late Afternoon, T. B. Clarke, New York; April Weather (1881); Woodland (1882); Rocky Slope (1883); Weedy Brook, Sultry Season, Edge of a Pond, After the Frosts (1884); Tints of a Vanished Past, The Yellow Leaf (1885); Indian Summer, Stormy Fields, Sundown (1886).

MUSCIPULA, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lansdowne House, London; canvas. A little girl, three-fourths length, standing, holding a mouse-trap with a mouse in it; beside her, a cat awaiting its prey. Painted in 1784; sold to Count d'Adhemar for 50 guineas. Engraved by Watson; Bartolozzi; Reynolds; Jones (1786); William Roffe in Art Journal.—Pulling, 56; Art Journal (1883), 123.

Muscipula, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lansdowne House, London.

MUSES, DANCE OF, Giulio Romano, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; wood, H. 1 ft. 2 in. × 2 ft. 6 in. Apollo, crowned with laurel, dances in a circle with the nine Muses, who hold each other's hands. Carried to Paris in 1799; returned in 1815. Engraved by Rossi; Marais; Guérin.—Filhol, vi. Pl. 362; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. Pl. 60; Ch. Blanc, École romaine; Musée française, i.

MUSES IN OLYMPUS, Tintoretto, Hampton Court, England; canvas, H. 6 ft. 8 in. × 10 ft. 6 in. The Nine in the clouds, most of them with musical instruments; the sun in the distance. In collection of Charles I.; sold in 1651 for £100; appears afterwards in catalogue of James II.—Law, Hist. Cat. Hampton Court, 26; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 359.