MEIITIS um, Como. Vasari, eel. Mil., iii. 1GG ; C. & C., N. Italy, i. 125. MEHUS, LIEVEN, born at Oudenarde in 1630, died in Flor- ence, Aug. 7, 1G91. Flemish school ; his- tory painter, first in- structed in Milan, where his parents had settled, by one Karel, a Flemish battle painter, then pupil in Florence of 1'ietro da Cortona ; fought three years against the Spaniards and returned to Florence, where he met with extraordinary success. Works : Tri- umph of Ignorance, Palazzo Pitti, Florence ; Abraham's Sacrifice, Christ bearing the Cross, Artist's Portrait, Uffm, ib. ; Madonna with Saints, S. Silvestro, Prato, Tuscany ; Marriage of St. Catherine, S. Marco, ib. : Communion of St. Theresa, Cathedral, ib. Fresco : Cupola, Madonna della Pace, Flor- ence. Fetis, Les artistes beiges, i. 191 ; Im- merzeel, ii. 211 ; Michicls, x. 322. MEIRE, GERARD VAN DEE, born at Ghent about 1427, died after 1474. Flem- ish school ; free of the guild in 1452, and sub-dean in 1472. No record of his life, nor authenticated works besides the trip- tych in the Church of St. Bavon at Ghent, representing the Crucifixion, the Raising of the Brazen Serpent, and Moses striking the Rock. These compositions are remarkable for the number of figures, which, however, are not skilfully distributed, and are very meagre. The many pictures in various pub- lic galleries, attributed to this painter, are not verified. Among them are : Adoration of Magi, Visitation of Virgin, Berlin Muse- um ; Triptych with Christ bearing the Cross, Entombment, Christ on the Cross, Mater Dolorosa, Lady Donor, Antwerp Museum ; Count of Henegau with Patron Saint, Por- trait of Marco Barberigo, National Gallery, London ; Adoration of the Magi, New York Museum. Allgem. d. Biogr., xxi. 241 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole flamande ; Cat. du Mus. d'An- vers (1874), 432 ; C. & C., Flemish Paint- ers, 147; Dohme, li.; Kugler (Crowe), i. 88 ; Kramm, iv. 1093 ; Michiels, iii. 134 ; Schnaase, viii. 200 ; Wouters, Sur quelques peintres de la fin du XV. Siecle (Brussels, 1882); W. & W., ii. 37. MEIREN (Moiron), JAN BAPTIST VAN DEE, born in Antwerp, Dec. 15, 1604, died there, or iii Vienna (?), in 1708. Flemish school ; landscape, marine, and battle paint- er, master of the Antwerp guild in 1G84-85 ; probably visited Italy, and said to have set- tled in Vienna at an advanced age ; supplied the figures in the landscapes of Baudewyns. Works: Two Oriental Harbours (1700), Schleissheim Gallery ; Pleasure Camp (1698), Market outside of a Town (1698), Harbour with Many Figures, Dresden Gallery ; Cat- tle Market, do. with dancing Peasants, Stock- holm Museum ; Military Train entering City, Travellers surprised by Peasants, Cavalry Skirmish, Caravan in the Mountains, Sea- shore with Ships and Walled City, etc.; Naval Buttle, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna. Messager des sciences historiques (1840), 399 ; Van den Brandeu, 1041 ; Zeitschr. f. b. K, vii. 200. MEISEL, ERNST, born at Lichte, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, in 1838. Histor- ical genre painter, pupil in Munich of Pi- loty. Works : Marie Antoinette with her Son in Prayer ; Last Meeting of Louis XVI. with his Family ; Separation of Madame Elizabeth from her Niece Maria Teresa ; A Bequest (1879) ; Genre Scene, Presentation (1883) ; Courtship of an Incroyable, R. G. Dun, New York. Miiller, 362. MEISSONIER, JEAN CHARLES, born in Paris ; contemporary. Genre painter, son and pupil of Ernest, like whom he paints 18th century scenes in the style of the old Dutch masters. Medal, 1866. Works : Studio ; Antiquary ; Gardeners ; In taking Tea, Leusen and Rosiue (18GG) ; Le Fripier, Chaplain reading to the Baron, Convent of St. Barthelemy at Nice (1874) ; View near Nice ; Monastic Apothecary ; 834
