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MARTIN to Paris ; returned in 1815. Engraved by [ J. L. Krafft ; G. Edelinck ; Jos. Franck [ (1872). Etched by M. A. Boulard. Musee francais ; Landon, vii. PI. 5 ; Filhol, iii. 212 ; Smith, iii. 12 ; Guiffrey, 22, 251. By Rubens, Windsor Castle ; canvas, H. 8 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. The Saint, accompa- nied by two horsemen and clad in brilliant armour, mounted on a gray horse, is divid- ing with his sword a scarlet mantle between two poor men ; beyond, a woman with a child in her arms and another by her side. Waagen ascribes the horse, the woman, and the children to Van Dyck, who probably St. Martin dividing his Mantle, Rubens, Windsor Castle. assisted in the work. This picture is the original of Van Dyck's St. Martin, in the church at Saventhem. It was formerly in Spain, whence it was taken about 1750 and sold to Frederick, Prince of Wales, father of George m. Engraved by Thomas Chambers (176G). Waageu, Treasures, ii. 435 ; Smith, ii. 240. MARTIN D'GLISE, BATTLE OF, An- ton van Dyck, Munich Gallery ; canvas, H. 10 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. 9 in. Victory gained by Henri IV. of France over the Due de May- enne. In foreground, the King, attended by Sully, and many armour-clad knights on horseback ; in middle distance, an encoun- ter between pikemen and arqucbusiers ; background, a landscape. The animals are by Snyders. Taken to Paris in 1800 ; re- turned in 1815. Eastlake, Notes, 72. MARTINEZ, JUSEPE, born in Sara- gossa in 1612, died there in 1082. Spanish school ; studied in Rome ; attracted atten- tion of Velasquez, by whose recommenda- tion Philip IV. named him, in 1642, one of his painters ; afterwards appointed to same office by Don Juan of Austria, but he pre- ferred to remain in Saragossa, where he painted works for the cathedral. He was also an engraver and writer on art. Stir- ling, ii. 737 ; Ceau Bermudez. MARTINEZ, SEBASTIAN, born in Jaen in 1G02, died in Madrid in 1667. Spanish school ; pupil of one of the scholars of Ces- pedes ; became painter to Philip IV. in 1660. His Martyrdom of St. Sebastian was painted for the Cathedral of Jacn, and he also ex- ecuted works for the nunnery of Corpus Christi at Cordova ; but most of his pictures were for private houses. Stirling, ii. 806. MARTINEZ DEL RINCON, Don SE- RAFIN, born in Spain ; contemporary. Genre painter ; professor at Malaga Acad- emy. Works : The Author of Yore (1880) ; The Rock of the Lovers (1881); Hoy so saca anima (1881). La Ilustracion (1880), i. 147 ; (1881), i. 382 ; (1884), ii. 393. MARTINI, BERNARDINO. See Zenale, Bernardino. MARTINI, GIOVANNI DI. See Giovan- ni di Martini da Udine. MARTINI, SIMONE. See Ximoiie di Martiiio. MARTINO DI BARTOLOMMEO, died about 1 433. Sienese school ; son of Bar- tolommeo di Biagio, a goldsmith ; inscribed on roll of Sienese painters in 1389. His earliest pictures are in the desecrated Church of S. Giovanni, at Cascina, near Pisa, whose walls are covered with partly