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Sea with Vessels, Darmstadt Museum; do., Dresden Gallery; do., and Calm Sea, Städel Gallery, Frankfort; Calm Sea with Vessels, Gotha Museum; do. (1653), two others, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Storms at Sea (2), Landscape at Night, Hermannstadt Museum; Calm Sea, Leuchtenberg Gallery, ib.; Calm Sea with many Vessels (1661), four others, Weimar Museum; others in Germanic Museum, Nuremberg, Stuttgart Museum, Wiesbaden Gallery, Vienna Academy, Czernin, Harrach, and Schönborn Galleries, Vienna; Marine Views (3), Arrival of Dutch Fleet at Amsterdam, Historical Society, New York. His son, Cornelius, also a marine painter, is remembered only as a copyist.—Ch. Blanc, École hollandaise; Burger, Musées, i. 155, 274; ii. 148; Dohme, 1ii.; Immerzeel, iii. 160; Kramm, vi. 1691; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 497; Kunst-Chronik, xvii. 283; Zeitschr. f. b. K., vi. 331; xi. 215; De Stuers, 174.

VÉLY, ANATOLE, born at Ronsoy (Somme), Feb. 20, 1838, died in Paris, Jan. 11, 1882. History and genre painter, pupil of Valenciennes Academy, and in Paris of Signol, and the École des Beaux Arts. Medal, 3d class, 1874; 2d class, 1880. Works: Death of Abel (1866); Mater Dolorosa (1868); Temptation (1869), Amiens Museum; Country Women; Magdalen (1872); Speaking Well (1873), New York Museum; Lucia di Lammermoor (1874), Narbonne Museum; Meditation (1875); First Step (1876); Love and Money (1878); Awakening of the Heart (1880).—Bellier, ii. 646; Larousse.

VENETIAN EMBASSY AT CONSTANTINOPLE, Gentile Bellini, Louvre; canvas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. × 6 ft. 7 in. The embassy received by the Grand Vizier, who sits on a divan in the court of his palace; on steps to right and in the court are groups of turbaned persons, some of whom are on horseback, with tame deer and an ape. Painted in 1479-80, during Gentile's visit to Constantinople. Carried into France by Raphael Dufresne.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 127; Villot, Louvre; Mündler, 36.

VENEZIANO, ANTONIO. See Antonio Veneziano.

VENEZIANO, BONIFAZIO. See Bonifazio Veneziano.

VENEZIANO, DOMENICO. See Domenico Veneziano.

VENICE—THE DOGANA, Joseph M. W. Turner, National Gallery, London; wood, H. 1 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. 8 in. Showing the Dogana, Campanile of S. Marco, Palazzo Ducale, Bridge of Sighs, etc. Royal Academy, 1833. Engraved by J. T. Willmore; T. A. Prior.—Art Journal (1849), 260; Monkhouse, 125.

VENICE, AND DOGE SEBASTIAN VENIER, Paolo Veronese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice. "An unrivalled Veronese; far finer even than the Europa."—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 297.

VENICE ENTHRONED, Paolo Veronese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice. The Apotheosis of Venice, in Sala del Maggior' Consiglio. "One of the grandest pieces of frank colour in the Palazzo Ducale."—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 297; Zanotto, 140.

VENICE—GRAND CANAL, Joseph M. W. Turner, Earl Dudley, London. The canal covered with gondolas and gaily dressed shipping; at right, S. M. dell' Salute; at left, Palazzo Ducale and Campanile. Sold at Mendel sale (1875), to Messrs. Agnew for £7,350; to Earl of Dudley for 8,000 guineas. Another, painted in 1835, in Munro Collection. Another (1844), different view, National Gallery, London.—Art Journal (1850), 92; (1862), 192.

VENICE, TRIUMPH OF, Tintoretto, Palazzo Ducale, Venice. Above, Venice, draped in blue, is surrounded by flying figures; below, Doge da Ponte and his senators receive the homage of the conquered.—Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne.

VENIUS. See Vaenius.

VENNE, ADRIAAN VAN DER, born at Delft in 1589, died at The Hague, Nov. 12,