MENIPPUS, Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. × 3 ft. An old man, standing, with tattered garments, holding a cloak to his breast; on the ground, a jar, book, and roll of parchment; behind him, an open folio. Same history as its companion, Æsop. Copy by Prévost in École des Beaux Arts, Paris. Engraved by Esquivel; etched by Goya; Laguillermie; Maura.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1880), xx. 181; Gal. Esp.; Curtis, 19; Madrazo, 634.
MENZ, MAX VON, born in Munich in
1824. History painter, pupil of Munich
Academy; paints chiefly scenes from Bavarian
history and biblical subjects. Works:
Duke William V. and Duchess Renata giving
Alms, Elector Maximilian I. instructing
his Son, Sail of Duke Albrecht V. on Lake
Starnberg, Foundation of Primogeniture in
Bavaria, National Museum, Munich; Christmas
Eve, Ruth and Naomi, Altars of SS.
Benno and Corbinian, Frauenkirche, Munich;
Charitable Nuns.—Müller, 364.
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MENZEL, ADOLF (FRIEDRICH ERDMANN),
born at
Breslau, Dec. 8,
1815. History
and genre painter
and illustrator,
self-taught,
but for a short
time in 1833 pupil
of Berlin
Academy. First
known by a series
of pen-and-ink drawings, called "Artist's
Pilgrimage," followed by a cycle of twelve
lithographed scenes from the history of Brandenburg.
Having illustrated Kugler's History
of Frederic the Great, and the edition
de luxe of the king's works, he was led to
depict the age of Frederic, and produced a
series of pictures of a pronounced realistic
style, combining great skill in the treatment
of details with fine colouring. His water-*colours
are equally excellent. Professor
since 1856; Member of Berlin, Vienna, and
Munich Academies, and of Société belge
des Aquarellistes. Great gold medal, Berlin,
1856; 2d class, Paris, 1867; L. of Honour,
1867; Order pour le mérite, 1870;
Bavarian Order of St. Michael. Works:
Chess Players (1836); Legal Consultation
(1837); Court-day (1838); Disturbance
(1846); Gustavus Adolphus receiving his
Queen (1847); Ride of Frederic the Great
(1849); Ball Supper at Sans-Souci (1850);
Round Table of Frederic the Great at Sans-Souci
(1850), Flute Concert at Sans-Souci
(1852), National Gallery, Berlin; Christ in
the Temple (1851); thirty-three pictures
of Soldiers of Frederic the Great, Uniform
Studies of Frederic's Army (1852); Christ
driving out Money Changers (1853); Frederic
the Great travelling (1854), Ravené
Gallery, Berlin; Frederic and General Fouquet
in the Park of Sans-Souci, Raczynski
Gallery, ib.; Frederic at the Homage in
Breslau in 1741 (1855), Breslau Museum;
Frederic in Battle of Hochkirch (1856),
Royal Palace, Berlin; Meeting of Frederic
with Joseph II. at Neisse (1857); Adam and
Eve (1857); Blücher and Wellington at
Waterloo (1858); Frederic before Battle of
Leuthen; Coronation of King William at
Königsberg (1861-65), National Gallery,
Berlin; Bathing Boys at Kösen (1865); Old
Synagogue in Prague, Berlin Street Life at
Christmas, New Shipping Canal in Berlin
(1866); Assembly at a Ball, Sunday in Garden
of Tuileries, Old Man opening Jewelry
Box (1867); Tyrolese Peasants at Passion
Play in Kufstein, Mission Sermon at Kösen
(1868); Street Scene in Paris, Old Elephant
in Jardin des Plantes (1869); Intermission
(1870); Departure of King William from
Berlin, July 31, 1870 (1871), National Gallery,
Berlin; Eszterházy Cellar in Vienna,
Bismarck and Moltke (1871); Altarpieces
in Benedictine Church, Salzburg, and in
Parish Church, Innsbruck (1872); Modern
Cyclops (1875), National Gallery, Berlin;
Opportune Moment (1877); Frederic the
Great at the Coffin of the Great Elector;
Supper at a Ball (1878); Emperor William
at Court Ball (1880); Return of Procession
