MUKILLO at L. P. sale (1851) to Nieuwenhuys for 420. Engraved by Sichling, Blanchard, H. Adlard, M. Albuerne, M. Alegre ; litho- graphed by Mauzaisse. Curtis, 295 ; Stir- ling ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole cspagnole ; Scott, Murillo ; Palomino, iii. -423 ; C. Bcrmudez, Carta, 104 ; Robertson, Great Painters. By Murillo, Earl Spencer, Althorpe, North- amptonshire ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 11 in. x3 ft. 6 in. Nearly half-length. About sixty years old, bushy hair, face nearly front, in a black doublet, over which falls a linen collar edged with lace. Painted as if in an oval frame, on which right hand rests, standing on a pedestal, on which are a palette, brushes, ,-i roll of paper, etc. Probably picture painted for his sons, which was taken to Flanders to be engraved by Collin. Bought by Sir Lawrence Duudasfor 100 ; his sale (1794), 380 ; Earl of Ashburuham sale (1850), .829 10^. The most authentic of all Murillo's portraits. Repetitious with changes : Lord Leconfield, Petworth, Sussex ; Duke of Wel- lington, London. Copy by Tobar, Madrid Museum. Engraved by R. Collin (2), Cala- matta, B. Ereda ; etched by C. O. Hurray. Curtis, 293 ; Palomino, iii. 423 ; C. Bcr- mudez, ii. 55 ; do., Carta, 104 ; Art Journal (1864), 218 ; Portfolio (1877), 1G5 ; Liibke. MURILLO, BREVOORT. See Hob, Family, Metropolitan Museum, New York. MURPHY, J. FRANCIS, born in Oswego, N. Y., in 1853. Landscape painter ; self- taught. Exhibited first at National Acad- emy, 1876. Member of Society of Ameri- can Artists. Studio in New York. Elected A.N. A. in 1885. "Works in oil : Sunny Slopes (1879) ; Upland Cornfield (1880), October, ! Late Afternoon, T. B. Clarke, New York ; April Weather (1881) ; Woodland (1882) ; Rocky Slope (1883) ; Weedy Brook, Sultry Season, Edge of a Pond, After the Frosts (1884) ; Tints of a Vanished Past, The Yel- low Leaf (1885) ; Indian Summer, Stormy Fields, Sundown (1886). MUSCIPULA, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lans- downe House, London; canvas. A little girl, three-fourths length, standing, holding a mouse-trap with a mouse in it ; beside her, a cat awaiting its prey. Painted in 1784 ; sold to Count d'Adhemar for 50 guineas. En- graved by Watson ; Bartolozzi ; Reynolds ; Jones (1786) ; William Roft'e in Art Jour- nal. Pulling, 56 ; Art Journal (1883), 123. MUSES, DANCE OF, diulio Romano, Palazzo Pitti, Florence ; wood, H. 1 ft. 2 in. x2 ft. 6 in. Apollo, crowned with laurel, dances in a circle with the nine Muses, who hold each other's hands. Carried to Paris Muscipula, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lansdowne House, London. in 1799 ; returned in 1815. Engraved by Rossi ; Marais ; Guerin. Filhol, vi. PI. 362 ; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. PI. 60 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole romaine ; Musee fran9aise, i. MUSES IN OLYMPUS, Tintoretto, Hamp- ton Court, England ; canvas, H. 6 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 6 in. The Nine in the clouds, most of them with musical instruments ; the sun in the distance. In collection of Charles I. ; sold in 1651 for 100 ; appears afterwards in cat- alogue of James II. Law, Hist. Cat. Hamp- ton Court, 26 ; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 359. 319
