causing water to flow from the rock in the presence of many people in foreground; above, the Supreme Being, the lower part of his figure veiled in a kind of watery sphere; in background, the battle with Amalek in front of the tents of Israel. One of the most remarkable pieces of colour in the Scuola. Painted in 1576.—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 343; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 197.
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Moses Striking the Rock, Nicolas Poussin, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
MOSES AND THE ROD OF AARON,
Nicolas Poussin, Louvre; canvas, H. 3 ft. ×
4 ft. 2 in. In a hall hung with drapery, at
left, Pharaoh, seated, with two old men behind
him; beyond, a young man with the
sacred ibis, another with a vase; before him,
a magician whose rod, turned into a serpent,
is being swallowed by Aaron's rod; at right,
Moses, Aaron, and other persons. Collection
of Louis XIV. Engraved by F. de Poilly;
Gantrel; Niquet.—Cat. Louvre; Filhol, x.
Pl. 679; Landon, Œuvres; Smith, viii. 13.
MOSLER, HENRY, born in Cincinnati;
contemporary. Genre painter, pupil in Cincinnati
of James H. Beard; was attached to
the staff of Harper's Weekly during the last
two years of the Civil War, at the close
of which he went to Paris, and studied under
Ernest Hébert. On his return to the
United States he exhibited his Lost Cause,
which was well received. In 1874 he returned
to Europe and worked under Piloty
six months, winning a medal at the Royal
Academy. He went thence to Paris, where
he has since remained, with the exception
of a brief visit to the United States in 1885,
when he exhibited a collection of his works.
Has exhibited at the Paris Salon since 1878.
Medal, International Exhibition, Nice, 1884;
honourable mention, Paris. Works: Early
Cares, Quadroon Girl (1878); The Return
(1879), Luxembourg Museum; Les femmes
et les secrets (1879); Purchase of the Wedding
Gown (1880), Edmond Turquet, Paris;
Spinning Girl (1880), Grenoble Gallery;
Night after Battle, Return of the Fisher-*women
(1881); Discussing the Marriage
Contract (1882), J. S. Barnes, New York;
Wedding Morning (1883), Sydney Museum;
Spinning Girl—Sunday (1883); Rainy Day
