MOLDURA, LILLA. A Neapolitan painter.  Her father was an Italian and her mother a Spaniard.  She was instructed in the elements of art by various excellent teachers, and then studied oil painting under Maldarelli and water-color under Mancini.  She has often exhibited pictures in Naples, to the satisfaction of both artists and critics, and has also won success in London.  She has been almost equally happy in views of the picturesque Campagna, and in interiors, both in oil and water-colors.  The interior of the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, in the Church of the Gerolamini, is strong in execution and good in drawing and color.

MOeLLER, AGNES SLOTT. Born in 1862.  Resides in Copenhagen.  The especial work of this artist, by which her reputation is world-wide, is the illustration of old legends for children’s books.

MONTALBA, CLARA. Associate of the Society of Painters in Water-Colors, London, and of the Belgian Society of Water-Colorists.  Born in Cheltenham, 1842.  Pupil of Isabey in Paris.  Her professional life has been spent in London and Venice.  She has sent her pictures to the Academy and the Grosvenor Gallery exhibitions since 1879.  “Blessing a Tomb, Westminster,” was at the Philadelphia Exposition, 1876; “Corner of St. Mark’s” and “Fishing Boats, Venice,” were at Paris, 1878.

In 1874 she exhibited at the Society of British Artists, “Il Giardino Publico”—­the Public Garden—­of which a writer in the Art Journal said:  “‘Il Giardino Publico’ stands foremost among the few redeeming features of the exhibition.  In delicate perception of natural beauty the picture suggests the example of Corot.  Like the great Frenchman, Miss Montalba strives to interpret the sadder moods of nature, when the wind moves the water a little mournfully and the outlines of the objects become uncertain in the filmy air.”

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MORETTO, EMMA. Venetian painter, exhibited at Naples, in 1877, “Abbey of St. Gregory at Venice”; at Turin, in 1880, a fine view of the “Canal of the Giudecca,” and “Canal of S. Giorgio”; at the National Exposition in Milan, 1881, “Sunset” and a marine view; at Rome, in 1883, “Excursion on the Lagoon.”  Still others of the same general character are:  “A Gondola,” “At St. Mark’s,” “Grand Canal,” “Morning at Sea,” etc.

MORON, THERESE CONCORDIA. Born in Dresden, 1725; died in Rome, 1806.  Pupil, of her father, Ismael Mengs.  Her attention was divided between enamel painting and pastel, much of the latter being miniature work.  In the Dresden Gallery are two of her pastel portraits and two copies in miniature of Correggio, viz., a half-length portrait of herself and a portrait of her sister, Julie Mengs; a copy of St. Jerome, or “The Day”—­original in Parma—­and “The Night.”