VERWILT Medals : Brussels, Paris (1864, 1878), Vien- na ; Order of Leopold, 1871 ; L. of Hon- our, 1881. Works : Banks of the Scheldt ; Horses at Pasture ; View in the Ardennes ; Zealand Team, Brussels Museum ; St. Se- bastian's Guild (1881) ; Ox and Bull Fight- ing (1884). Meyer, Conv. Lex., xix. 998. VEEWILT, FRANgOIS, born at Rotter- dam in 1598, died there in 1690 or 1691. Dutch school ; landscape, figure, and por- trait painter, pupil of Cornelia Dubois, then of Poelenburg, whose style he imitated. His works ai-e extremely rare. Works : Son of Admiral van Nes (1669), Amsterdam Muse- um ; Magdalen Penitent, Cassel Gallery ; Repose in Egypt, Czernin Gallery, Vienna. Irnmerzeel, iii. 190 ; Kuust-Chronik, xx. 508. VESALIUS, ANDREA, portrait, Titian, Palazzo Pitti, Florence ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 11 in. The eminent anatomist, author of "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" (Bade, 1543), when an old man. Other por- ti-aits of him differ from this in features. Engraved by T. Ver Cruys ; Paradisi. C. & C., Titian, ii. 418 ; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, iii. PI. 122. VESTAL TUCCIA, Hector Leroux, Cor- coran Gallery, Washington ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. 2 in. Tuccia, a vestal charged with want of chastity, stands on the banks of the Tiber, raising above her head with both hands a sieve, praying to Vesta to al- low her to bear it filled with water to her temple in proof of her innocence. Salon, 1874 ; Paris Exhibition, 1878. Art Treas- ures of America, i. 6 ; Corcoran Gal. Cat. VESTALS, SCHOOL OF, Hector Leroux, J. J. Astor, New York ; canvas, H. 5 ft. x 10 ft. Scene : Interior of Temple of Vesta, Rome ; in foreground, a bronze tripod with the never-dying fire, upon which the chief priestess pours a libation while a vestal, at her left, reads from a scroll ; in front, two priestesses of superior dignity sit upon rich chairs with footstools, and the novices stand around in a semicircle. Salon, 1880. Pho- togravure in Ail Treasures of America, ii. 5. VESTIER, ANTOINE, born at Avallon (Yonne), April 28, 1740, died in Paris, Dec. 24, 1824. Portrait painter, pupil of Pierre ; received into the Academy in 1786 ; after travelling for a long time in Holland and England, settled in Paris. Works : Por- trait of Jean Baptiste Pierre (1786), Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris ; Artist's Wife (1787), Female Portraits (2), Louvre, ib. Bellier, ii. 665 ; Jal, 1263. VETSAJO, IL. See liembo, Gian Fran- cesco. VETTER, HEGESIPPE JEAN, born in Paris, Sept. 21, 1820. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Steuben. Medals : 3d class, 1843, 1867; 2d class, 1847, 1848, 1855 ; L. of Honour, 1855. Works : Bay- ard as a Child (1844); Moliere with the Bar- ber of Pezenas (1847) ; Alchemist (1848), Angers Museum ; Studying by Lamplight (1850) ; Quarter of an Hour with Rabelais, Master of Arms (1855) ; Smoker, Woman Reading, The Story (1857) ; Woman Dress- ing, Going out Walking (1859) ; Bernard Palissy, The Declaration (1861); Molttre. and Louis XIV. (1864), Luxembourg Mu- seum ; Mascarille presenting Jodelet to Ca- thos and Madelon (1865), Orleans Museum ; Mignon playing with a Cup and Ball (1866); In the Tavern (1867); Mazarin (1872), Lux- embourg Museum ; Flight into Egypt (1874); An Exquisite (1875) ; The Letter (1878) ; St. John the Baptist, Saint Jacques du Haut-pas, Paris; Two Angels, Saint Louis d'Antiu. Bellier, ii. 665 ; Meyer, Gesch., 662 ; Larousse. VEYRASSAT, JULES JACQUES, born in Paris in 1825. Landscape and animal painter, pupil of Lefman. Paints both in oil and water-colour. Medals : 2d class, 1872 ; L. of Honour, 1878. Works : Drink- ing Cider, Harvesters (1850) ; View at M. Hereau's (1852); Manure Carts (1853); Peas- ants going to Fields (1855) ; Peasants din- ing in Fields, Gleaners, Meal in Shadow of MiU (1857); Tow-Horses on the Seine (1859), Pau Museum ; Tow-Horses in the Morning, Harvest near Morlair, Harvest near Paris, 363
