Dreux d'Orcy, from whom bought for the Louvre. It is Géricault's masterpiece. Engraved by S. W. Reynolds. Copy or replica, New York Historical Society.—Hamerton, French Painters, 22; Villot, Cat. Louvre.
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Raft of the Medusa, Géricault, Louvre, Paris.
MEEKER, JOSEPH RUSLING, born in
Newark, N. J., April 21, 1827. Landscape
painter, pupil of the National Academy.
Studio in St. Louis. Works: Near the
Atchafalaya; The Indian Chief; Uplands
(1884)—Sheldon, 135.
MEEKS, EUGENE, born in New York,
May 29, 1843. Historical genre painter,
pupil of Alexander Wust, Dutch landscape
painter in New York; visited Europe in
1864, studied at the Hague Academy one
year, and spent the next five years at the
Royal Academy, Antwerp, under Josef van
Lerius and Nicaise de Keyser; in 1870-72
painted under Henri Bourse. Travelled
and sketched through Central Europe in
1873, and has passed his professional life
since in Florence, with the exception of two
years in New York. Elected an associate
of the Florence Academy, with title of professor,
in 1883. Studio in Florence. Works:
A Knickerbocker (1873); Little Nell and
her Grandfather (1876); Return from the
Hunt (1880), H. Witthaus, New York; Little
Waitress (C. A. Bristed, ib.); Amateurs
and Critics (H. G. Knowlton, ib.); Lace-Maker
(J. Harper, ib.); Bridal Chamber in
Palazzo Manzi—Lucca; Titian's Kitchen—Pieve
di Cadore, Kitchen—Birthplace of
Titian, Gondola Party from Giardino Reale—Venice,
Halt at the Golden Lion, Grandpa's
Birthday, Fishing Boats—Venice, Tales of a
Grandfather, Startling Bit of Gossip (1884).
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MEER, BAREND (Bernardus) VAN
DER, born in Haarlem about 1659, probably
a son of Jan the elder. Dutch school;
painted flowers, fruit, and still-life with great
power and truth. Works: Grapes and Vase
with Flowers (1689), Vienna Museum; Fruit
Piece (1689),
Würzburg
Gallery.—Van
der Willigen, 222; Zeitschr. f. b. K.,
v. 321; 2 vii. 7, 260.
