MONCHABLON, XAVIER ALPHONSE, born at Avillers (Vosges), June 12, 1835. History and portrait painter, pupil of Cornu, Gleyre, and the École des Beaux Arts. Won the grand prix de Rome in 1863. Medals: 1869; 2d class, 1874. Works: Four Evangelists (1874, cartoons for frescos); Salvator Mundi (1875); Joan of Arc (1876); Toilet of Venus (1877); Fallen Titan, Summer, August, October (1878); Annunciation (1882); Lorraine and its illustrious Children (1886), Faculty of Literature, Nancy; portraits of Victor Hugo (1880), and others.—Bellier, ii. 107; Claretie (1874), Peintres, 328.
MONDINO. See Scarsella.
MONET, CLAUDE, born in Paris; contemporary.
Landscape painter, of the so-called
Impressionist school. Works: Mouth
of the Seine at Honfleur (1865); Camille,
Fontainebleau Forest (1866); Vessels leaving
Le Havre (1868); Lavacourt (1880);
Portraits of Marshal de Mailly and of Duc
de Noailles, Perpignan Museum. In New
York were exhibited in 1886: Breaking up
of Ice on the Seine, Low Tide at Pourville,
Snow at Port Villers, La Manne Porte at
Etretat, Cap d'Antifer, A Farm, Study of
Willow Trees, Canal in Holland, A Wheat
Field, The Seine at Lavacour, The Seine at
Giverny, Cabin at Pourville, Near Monte
Carlo, The Seine at Argenteuil, and several
others.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1883), xxvii. 342.
MONEY CHANGERS, Quinten Massys,
Louvre; wood, H. 2 ft. 4 in. × 2 ft. 3 in.;
signed, dated 1518 (or 1519?). Called also
the Banker and his Wife. Two figures, a
man and his wife, seated behind a table,
the former weighing gold coin, the latter
turning over the leaves of a black-letter
volume. A small round mirror on the table
reflects the head of a third person not seen
in the picture. Acquired in 1806, of the
Sieur Marivaux, for 1,800 francs. Many repetitions
or copies, some by Marianus de Seew.—Kugler
(Crowe), i. 116; Cat. Louvre.
MONGIN, PIERRE, born in Paris in
1761, died at Versailles, May 18, 1827.
Landscape and battle painter, took part in
the first campaigns of the republic, and
painted many of their incidents. Was also
a gifted and witty writer. Works: The
Emperor's Bivouac near Castle Ebersberg
in 1809 (1810), Reserve Army passing
through Defiles of Albarède (1812), Versailles
Museum; Blessing the Troops departing
for Italy (1814), Marseilles Museum;
Park Landscapes (4, 1793, 1795), Wood and
River Landscapes (4, 1795, 1796), Domestic
Happiness, Mother's Joy, Schwerin Gallery.—Bellier,
ii. 108; Kunstbl. (1827), 232.
MONGINOT, CHARLES, born in Brienne
(Aube), Sept. 24, 1825. Fruit, flower,
and animal painter, pupil of Couture. Much
employed in decorative work. Medals:
1864, 1869. Works: Still Life (1853), Luxembourg
Museum; do., Chartres Museum;
Landlord's Impost (1863), Troyes Museum;
Blood Drinkers, Milk Drinkers (1883);
Charlotte and her Pigeons, Ape and Fountain
(1884); Corner of Fish Market, Chevalier
of the 16th century (1885); A Medal,
with the Feet in the Plate (1886).—Meyer,
Gesch., 713; Bellier, ii. 109.
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MONI, LOUIS DE, born at Breda in
1698, died at Leyden,
Sept. 15, 1771. Dutch
school; genre and portrait
painter, pupil of
Van Kessel and Biset,
then at The Hague of
Philip van Dyck, whom
he accompanied to Cassel;
lived for many
years in Leyden; studied
Gerard Dou, and tried to imitate his
style. Works: Cavalier offering Purse to
Girl with Cat, Louvre; Lacemaker (1742),
Hague Museum; Woman watering Flowers,
Amsterdam Museum; Girl and Fishwife,
Rotterdam Museum;
Maid at
Window opening
Oysters, Vienna
Museum; Boy rescuing a Bird from a Cat,
Fishmonger Woman and Boy, Carlsruhe
