Meunier
CONSTANTIN, Belgian latter art in "The Burial of a Trappist." sculptor and painter; born at Etterbeek, near Brussels, in 1831, he studied sculpture and painting at Brussels, accomplishing his first notable work in the His works have taken their subjects largely from historical and industrial fields, "The Peasants' War," "The Descent of the Miners" being typical of the subjects that interested him. After 50 he devoted himself almost entirely to sculpture. His masterpiece is the "Monument to Labor" in the Brussels gallery. He died in 1905. a MEURTHE-ET-MOSELLE (murt-āmō-sel'), department in France; formed after the treaty of 1871 with Germany out of what remained of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe; it has four arrondissements, Briey, Lunéville, Nancy, and Toul; area, 2,036 square miles; pop. (1906), 517,508; (1911) 564,730. The department belongs to the plateau of Lorraine, and is drained by the Moselle and its tributaries. It has very fertile soil, producing corn, wine, potatoes, fruit, beet-root for sugar, hops, etc.; possesses valuable iron mines; and is the first department in France for iron and steel, and the third for glass; there are also important manufactures of pottery, woolens, cottons, chemicals, tobacco, paper, beer, artificial flowers and embroidery work, etc.; rock salt is mined in large quantities. The department was the scene of almost continuous fighting throughout the World War, parts of it being occupied by the Germans. Capital, Nancy; pop. about_120 , 000. Other important towns are Luné ville, Toul, Longwy.