(1883), Pennsylvania Academy; Last Sacrament (1884), Polytechnic Institution, Louisville; Village Clockmaker (1884); Approaching Storm (1885); Visit of the Marquise (1886).
MOSS, ELLA A., born in New Orleans in
1844. Portrait painter, pupil of Sohn in
Düsseldorf; painted in Belgium and Germany
until 1877, when she returned to
America and opened a studio in New York.
Works: Portraits of Rev. Dr. Morgan (1878),
and Dr. Deems (1879); Sketch—Unwelcome
Kiss (1879).
MOSSDORF, KARL, born in Altenburg;
contemporary. History painter, pupil in
Munich of Schwind, whom he assisted in
the decorations of the Wartburg near Eisenach;
visited Rome (1853-54), assisted in
decorating the new opera-house in Vienna,
and painted frescos in the ducal palace at
Altenburg. Works: Scenes from Myth of
Psyche (1868), Altenburg Palace; St. Elizabeth
(1871).—Allgem. Zeitg. (1868); Dioskuren
(1867); Müller, 379.
MÖSSMER, JOSEF, born in Vienna,
March 20, 1780, died June 22, 1845. Landscape
painter, son of, and first instructed
by, the engraver, Johann Mössmer, then pupil
of Vienna Academy under Brand and
under Martin von Molitor (1759-1812), after
whose death he was much influenced by
Rechberger; was appointed instructor at
the Academy in 1808, and professor in 1815;
councillor in 1818. Works: Mountain
Landscape after Storm (1829), Museum, Vienna;
Mill in a Valley (1835), Harrach Gallery,
ib.; Seaport, Czernin Gallery, ib.—Wurzbach,
xviii. 431.
MOSTAERT (Mostert), FRANS, born at
Hulst, Flanders, about 1534, died at Antwerp
in 1560. Flemish school; landscape
painter, first instructed by his father, then
pupil of Herri de Bles; appears settled as
master in Antwerp in 1553. His pictures
are very rare. Works: Rocky Landscape,
Seaport by Moonlight with Fishermen,
Mountainous Landscape with Hagar and
the Angel, Vienna Museum.—Engerth, Belved.
Gal., ii. 296; Van den Branden,
301.
MOSTAERT, GILLIS, born at Hulst,
Flanders, about 1534, died at Antwerp,
Dec. 28, 1598. Flemish school; landscape,
history, genre, and portrait painter, twin
brother of Frans, first instructed by his
father, then pupil of Jan Mandyn of Haarlem
(a fantastic artist, in the manner of
Hieronymus Bosch); master of the guild at
Antwerp in 1554. Works: Christ on the
Cross with Mary and St. John, and surrounded
by eight male portraits, Museum,
Antwerp; Ecce Homo, City Hall, ib.; Passion
of Our Lord, Orphanage, ib.; Christ on
the Cross, Copenhagen Gallery.—Kramm,
iv. 1164; Van den Branden, 302.
MOSTAERT (Mostert), JAN, born in
Haarlem in 1474, died there in 1555 or
1556. Dutch school; history painter, pupil
of Jacob Janszen of Haarlem; influenced
by Gerard David. The first documentary
evidence of his employment as a painter is
dated 1500, the latest 1549, when he went
to Hoorn to paint an altarpiece. He was
painter to Margaret of Austria for eighteen
years. His art shows a close affinity to that
of the masters of Bruges. Many of his
works perished in the great fire at Haarlem;
none of the pictures attributed to him are
really authenticated. Works: Madonna in
a Garden, National Gallery, London; Madonna,
two portraits, Antwerp Museum;
Mater Dolorosa, Bruges Cathedral; Entombment,
Mr. Heath, Enfield, England;
Adoration of the Magi, Lübeck Cathedral;
Madonna, Repose in Egypt, Berlin Museum;
Two Episodes in Life of St. Benedict,
Brussels Museum; Portraits of Augustyn
van Teylingen and Wife (1511), Rotterdam
Museum; Madonna, Repose in Egypt, Berlin
Museum; Repose, Adoration of the
Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Old Pinakothek,
Munich; Marriage of St. Catherine,
Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Holy Family,
The Virgin, Schleissheim Gallery; Male
portrait, Vienna Museum; St. Catherine,
Milan Academy; Lute Player, Turin Gal-
