Mazarin, Cardinal, created Cardinal, 36; an implacable enemy to the Grand Condé, 40, 47-49, 53, 55, 57, 59-66; his attempt to force taxation on merchandise, 44; his exile, 55, 56, 57; helps the King to recover Paris, 60; Peace of the Pyrenees, 63, 64; reconciliation with Grand Condé, 65; portraits of, 134, 142, 251 Mazzola, Giuseppe, his works in the Musée Condé, 132 Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duke of, marriage, 42 Medici, Giuliano del, and Simonetta Vespucci, 146 Medicis, Queen Catherine de (wife of Henri II), her dislike for Anne de Montmorency, 8; appointed Regent, 18-20; her character, 22; her son's treachery, 26; portraits of, 26, 141, 151, 230; her _Book of Hours_, 215; and M. Humières, 229; and Cardinal Odet de Coligny, 237; as a collector and severe critic, 238-245 Medicis, Queen Marie de (wife of Henri IV of France), 12; murder of Henri IV, 15; and the Grand Condé, 38; miniature of, 138 Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Castle of, 177 Meissonier, Jean L. E., his works, 138, 152 Méjanés Collection at Aix, 214 Mely, M. de, _Gazette des Beaux Arts_, 172 _n._ Memling, painting by, 62 Mène, M., bronzes by, 277 _Mercure de France_, description of entertainments at Chantilly, 90 Mesangère, Pierre de la, his collection, 144 Mesmes, Henri de, _Psalter of Queen Ingeburge_ presented to, 159; and Catherine de Medicis, 242, 243 Meulen, Van, _History of the Kings of France_, 251 Michelangelo's _Slaves_, 276 Michel de l'Hôpital, resignation of, 20 Mierevelt's, _Elizabeth Stuart_, 133 Mignard, Pierre, and the Grand Condé, 84; portraits by, 84, 133, 142; life of, 252, 253 Millet, François, painter of the Barbizon School, 169, 275 _Minerva_, a famous bronze, 136, 137 _Miracle of the Loaves_, 177 _Missal of St. Denis_ in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 160 Molière, J., at Chantilly, 75, 83; his poem _Amphitryon_, 75; portraits of, 84, 142, 253; statues of, 89, 276 _Monatshefte für Kunstwissenschaft_, by Louise M. Richter, 204 _n._ Montaigne, Michel de, portrait of, 147; his _Journal du voyage_, 196 Montbas, the Dutch General, and William of Orange, 80 Montecucoli, Comte de, Austrian General, battle of Salzbach, 82 Montespan, Mme., mistress of Louis XIV, 75; her daughter's marriage, 85, 86; portrait of, 143 Montfaucon, Bernard de, and the _Book of Hours_, 186 Months. See Calendar Monticelli, painter of the Second Empire, 276 _Montjoies_, 175 Montmorency, Anne de (known as the _Grand Connétable_), history of, 5 _et seq._; his artistic taste, 5, 6; as a warrior, 6, 8; jealousy of Francis I, 6; Diane de Poitiers, 7; created Duke, and death, 8; portraits of, 8, 205, 230; and Emperor Charles V, 10; _Book of Hours_, 158; statue by Dubois, 276; bust, 277