Menzel
ADOLF VON (ment'sel), a German artist; born in Breslau, Prussia, Dec. 8, 1815. He is best known for his drawings and oil paintings illustrative of the times of Frederick the Great and William I., emperor-pictures characterized by historical fidelity, strong realistic conception, originality, and humor. His "Adam and Eve," "Christ among the Doctors," and "Christ Expelling the Moneychangers" are also notable pictures. He died Feb. 9, 1905.
MEPHISTOPHELES (mef-is-tof'uhlēz), the name of one of the best-known personifications of the principle of evil.
The word has been very variously explained, but is probably of Hebrew origin, like most names of devils in the history of magic, confounded with, and approximated in form to, the Greek, μηφωστοφίλης "one who loves not light." Mephistopheles owes all his modern vitality to Goethe's "Faust."