Swiss history; returned in 1848, when he became member of Berlin Academy. Professor at the Sophienstift, Weimar, since 1854. Medals: Paris, 3d class, 1844; 2d class, 1845. Works: Boy at Prayer (1836), Weimar Museum; Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (1845), Luther at the Imperial Diet at Worms (1847), John Huss at Council of Constance (1848), Ravené Gallery, Berlin; Luther's Entry into Worms (1860); Ulrich von Hutten crowned Poet (1861), Cologne Museum; Thomas Münzer's Last Way; Expulsion of Salzburg Protestants (1864); Arrival of St. Elizabeth (1848), Wartburg, near Eisenach.—Cotta's Kunstbl. (1836), 387; (1848), 187; D. Kunstbl. (1854), 313; (1855), 207; (1856), 454; (1857), 416; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xi. 244; Müller, 355; Springer, 335.
MARTHA, ST., Anton van Dyck, Metropolitan
Museum, New York; canvas, H. 3
ft. 3-1/2 in. × 2 ft. 5-1/2 in. St. Martha interceding
with God for a cessation of the plague
at Tarascon. Formerly in Madrid Museum,
whence taken by King Joseph Bonaparte;
thence to Mr. Farrer, London, and collection
of David McIntosh.
MARTIN, FRANÇOIS, born in Paris;
contemporary. Still-life painter, pupil of
Jeannin. Medal, 3d class, 1881. Works:
Dessert (1876); African Fruits (1877);
Knick-knacks (1878); Still-life (1879);
At an Orientalist's (1880); Oriental Interior
(1881).
MARTIN, HENRI JEAN GUILLAUME,
born at Toulouse; contemporary. History
painter, pupil of J. P. Laurens. Medal, 1st
class, Paris, 1883. Works: Paolo di Malatesta
and Francesca da Rimini (1883); Cain
(1884); The Titans fighting Jupiter (1885).
MARTIN, HOMER D., born in Albany,
N. Y., Oct., 1836. Landscape painter, pupil
of William Hart. Elected an A.N.A. in
1868, and N.A. in 1875; Member of Society
of American Artists. Studio in New York.
Works: Thames at Richmond; White
Mountains from Randolph Hill; Adirondacks
(1876), Century Club, New York;
Evening on the Saranac (1878); Spring
Morning, Sand-Dunes on Lake Ontario
(1879), Montgomery Schuyler, New York;
Autumn Woods; Landscape (1880); do., J.
T. Martin, Brooklyn.—Sheldon, 206.
MARTIN, JEAN BAPTISTE, called Martin
des Batailles, born in Paris in 1659,
died there, Oct. 8, 1735. French school;
landscape and battle painter, pupil of Van
der Meulen and of La Hire; accompanied
Louis XIV. and the great Dauphin on their
military expeditions, which he afterwards
represented in numerous paintings. Works:
Siege of Freiburg in 1677, Louvre, Paris;
Taking of Dôle in 1668, do. of Condé in
1676, Departure of the King after the Lit
de Justice in 1715, Camp of the French
Army near Fontarabie in 1719, View of
Château de Clagny, do. of Versailles (3),
Bosquets de Versailles (3), Taking of Orsoy
in 1672, Crossing the Rhine in 1672 (2),
Taking of Limburg in 1675, Siege of Namur
in 1692, Coronation of Louis XV. in
1722, Taking of Doësburg in 1672, besides
several copies after Van der Meulen, Versailles
Museum; View of Douai, View of
Lille with Entry of French Army in 1667,
Douai Museum; A Battle, Metz Museum;
View of Elburg, Montpellier Museum; Landscapes
(2), Orléans Museum; View of Rouen,
Rouen Museum; Cavalry Combat by a
Bridge, Valenciennes Museum.—Bellier, ii.
41.
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MARTIN, JOHN, born near Hexham,
July 19, 1789,
died in Isle of
Man, Feb. 17,
1854. Began
as a herald and
coach painter
in Newcastle;
also practised
there and in
London enamel
and china painting.
In 1812 he exhibited at the Royal
Academy his Sadak in search of the Waters
of Oblivion, which was followed by Adam's
