See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

ABRAHAM See also:

• ABRAHAM MIGNON (1640-1697)

MIGNON (1640-1697)  , Dutch painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, placed him under the still-See also:

• LIFE

life painter See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob Merrel, by whom he was taken to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland about 166o . He then worked under de See also:

• HEEM, JAN DAVIDSZ VAN (or JOHANNES DE)

Heem at See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht, where in 1675 he married the daughter of the painter Cornelis Willaerts . Sibylle See also:

• MERIAN, MATTHEW (1593–1650)

Merian (1647-1717), daughter of the engraver See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew Merian, became his See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil and achieved distinction as a See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower painter . He died at See also:

• WETZLAR

Wetzlar . See also:

• MIGNON, ABRAHAM (1640-1697)

Mignon devoted himself almost exclusively to See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, birds and other " still life," though at times he also attempted See also:

• PORTRAITURE

portraiture . His flower pieces are marked by careful finish and delicate handling . His favourite See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme was to introduce red or See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• ROSES, WARS OF THE

roses in the centre of the See also:

• CANVAS

canvas and to set the whole See also:

• GROUP

group of flowers against a dark background . Nowhere can his See also:

• WORK

work be seen to better See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage than at the See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery, which contains fifteen of his paintings, twelve of which are signed . Six of his pictures are at the Louvre, four at the Hermitage, and other examples are to be found at the museums of See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, The See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague, See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam, See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, See also:

• KARLSRUHE, or CARLSRUHE

Karlsruhe, See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick, See also:

• CASSEL
• CASSEL, or KASSEL

Cassel, See also:

• SCHWERIN
• SCHWERIN, KURT CHRISTOPH, COUNT VON (1684–1757)

Schwerin, See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen and See also:

• TURIN

Turin .