VOLTZ VOLTZ, LUDWIG, born at Augsburg in 1825. Landscape and animal painter, brother and pupil of preceding, having first been instructed by his father, and in 1843-45 pupil of Mu- nich Academy ; is es- pecially succes s f u 1 with horse portraits. "Works : Peasant with Ploughing Team, St. Gall Museum ; Stags Fighting ; After the Chase ; Horses in Past- ure ; Harvest Scene, Forester's Daughter feeding Deer (1860). VONNOH, ROBERT WILLIAM, born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 17, 1858. Portrait painter ; pupil in Paris at the Academie Julien, in 1881-82, under Boulanger and Lefebvre, where he won the prize for paint- ing the male torso. His portrait of John S. Con way, Milwaukee, Wis., was hung on the line in the Salon of 1882, and he was award- ed a gold medal at the Massachusetts Me- chanics' Charitable Association Exhibition in 1884. VONWYL, JAKOB, born at Lucerne in 1595, died in 1621. Excellent painter in the manner of Holbein ; many of his best works were destroyed by fire ; his master- piece, The Dance of Death, in seven large panels and a small one, with twenty-four groups, is in the Canton Library at Lucerne. Meyer von Knonau. VOOGD, HENDRIK, born in Amsterdam in 1766, died in Rome, Sept. 4, 1839. Land- scape and animal painter, pupil of Amster- dam Academy and of Juriaau Audriesseu ; went in 1788 to Rome. Member of Am- sterdam Academy. Order of Lion. Works : Landscape with Buffaloes, formerly in Pa- vilion, Haarlem ; View of the Campagna (1809), Gotha Museum. Immerzeel, iii 205 ; Kramm, vi. 1788. VOORHOUT, JOHANNES, the elder, born at Uithoorn, near Amsterdam, in 1647, died before May 12, 1723. History and ' portrait painter, pupil at Gouda of C. Ver- ! bout, and at Amsterdam of Johan van Noordt ; -went in 1672 to Frederikstadt, thence to Hamburg, and afterwards returned to Amsterdam. Works : Annunciation of Samson's Birth to Manoah and Wife, Endym- ion and Luna, Venus and Cupid on Clouds, Good Samaritan (1698), Brunswick Gallery ; Lady with little Girl, Amalienstift, Dessau. Iinmerzeel, iii. 205 ; Kramm, vi. 1789 ; Riegel, Beitriige, ii. 309. VOORT, CORNELLS VAN DER, born at Antwerp in 1576, died at Amsterdam, Nov. 2, 1624. Dutch school ; portrait painter, probably pupil of Cornells Ketel at Amster- dam, where he ranked among the distin- [ guished artists of his day. Works : Re- ' gents-Piece with six portraits (1618), do. with five, Archery-Piece with twelve (1623), | do. with twenty-one, Amsterdam Museum. Kramm, vi. 1790. VOORT, MICHIEL FRANS VAN DER, jborn at Antwerp, baptized April 28, 1714, j died there, March 28, 1777. Flemish school ; history painter, son and probably pupil of Joseph van der Voort, or studied under one of his relatives, all of whom were artists. Dean of the guild in 1751-52. One of the directors of the Academy in 1752-62. Works : Entry of Prince Charles of Lorraine | into Antwerp (attributed to Jan Jozef Hore- j mans, the younger), City Hall, Antwerp ; Two allegorical Bas-reliefs, Museum, ib.- Cat. du Mus. d'Anvers, 437 ; Van den Bran- den, 1194. VORSTERMANS, JAN, born at Bommel in 1643, died about 1699. Dutch school ; landscape painter, pupil of H. Saftleven ; painted especially Rhine views with numer- ous accessories, true in colouring and highly finished. Later he went to England, and painted a royal summer palace with many courtiers for Charles H., for which he de- manded so high a price that it was not ac- cepted. Works : Landscape with Fortifica- tions, Dresden Gallery ; Two Landscapes, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna. Immerzeel, iii. 206 ; Kramm, vi. 1792.
