MOSS (1883), Pennsylvania Academy ; Last Sacra- ment (188-4), Polytechnic Institution, Louis- ville; Village Clockmaker (1884) ; Approach- ing Storm (1885) ; Visit of the Marquise (1886). MOSS, ELLA A., born in New Orleans in 1844. Portrait painter, pupil of Sohn in Diisseldorf ; painted in Belgium and Ger- many 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, KAHL, born in Altenburg ; contemporary. History painter, pupil in Munich of Sell wind, whom he assisted in the decorations of the Wartburg near Eisen- ach ; visited Rome (1853-54), assisted in decorating the new opera-house in Vienna, and painted frescos in the ducal palace at Alteuburg. Works : Scenes from Myth of Psyche (18(38), Altenburg Palace ; St. 'Eliza- beth (1871). Allgem. Zeitg. (18G8) ; Dios- kuren (1867) ; Miiller, 379. MOSSMER, JOSEF, born in Vienna, March 20, 1780, died June 22, 1845. Land- scape painter, son of, and first instructed by, the engraver, Johann Mossmer, then pu- pil of Vienna Academy under Brand and under Martin von Molitor (1759-1812), af- ter 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, Vi- enna ; Mill in a Valley (1835), Harrach Gal- lery, ib. ; Seaport, Czernin Gallery, ib. Wurzbach, xviii. 431. MOSTAERT (Mostert), FRANS, born at Hulst, Flanders, about 1534, died at Ant- werp 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, Bel- ved. 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 Fraus, first instructed by his ( father, then pupil of Jan Mandyn of Haar- lem (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 sur- ! rounded by eight male portraits, Museum, Antwerp ; Ecce Homo, City Hall, ib. ; Pas- sion 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, pu- pil of Jacob Jans/en 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 ; Ma- donna, two portraits, Antwerp Museum ; Mater Dolorosa, Bruges Cathedral ; En- tombment, Mr. Heath, Enfield, England ; Adoration of the Magi, Liibeck Cathedral ; Madonna, Repose in Egypt, Berlin Muse- um ; Two Episodes in Life of St. Benedict, Brussels Museum ; Portraits of Augustyu van Teylingen and Wife (1511), Rotterdam i Museum ; Madonna, Repose in Egypt, Ber- lin Museum ; Repose, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Old Pina- kothek, 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- 305
