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Peasants destroying a Stack of Wheat, Blacksmith shoeing a Horse, Shepherd Resting (1859); Tow-Horses, A Ferry, Relays of Horses, Harvest at Ezanville (1861); Drinking Place at St. Bernard Gate; Horse Ferry, Cascarottes au Lavoir (1863); Horses at the River, Fountain at Hendaye (1864); Low Tide at Grand-Champ, Washerwomen near St. Jean de Luz, Building Yard, Return to the Yard (1865); Horses at Drinking Place (1866); Ferry at Valvin, Tow-Horses on Upper Seine (1867); Horses Drinking, Village Blacksmith, Shepherd and the Sea (1868); Return of Labourers, Watering Place at Samois (1869); Basque Women after the Bath, Village Street (1870); Relays of Horses for Towing, Village Smithy (1872); Summer, Vegetable Dealer (1873); Last Sheaves, Cart in a Wood (1874); Watering Place, The Well, Street Carts in the Woods of Fontainebleau (1875); The Little Bridge at Samois, Relays of Tow-Horses (1876); Carrières à Pavés, Horse Ferry for Tow-Horses (1877); Fair of St. Catherine, Tow-Horses in Relays (1878); Information, Market-Dues (1879); Tank for Tow-Horses (1880); Old Horse at Door of Blacksmith's Shop, Cock Crowing (1881); Early Wheat, Blacksmith (1882); Cadi's Escort, Arabs crossing the Chelif (1883); The Relay, Horse Ferry (1884); Arab Horsemen at the Fountain, Horse Dealers (1885); Vintage, River in a Village (1886).—Bellier, ii. 666; Portfolio (1875), 162.
VIARDOT, LÉON, born at Dijon, Dec.
1, 1805. History, portrait, and animal
painter, pupil of Picot and Ary Scheffer.
Medal: 2d class, 1835. Works: Corsican
Woman, Sultan (a dog), Sword of Damocles,
Roebuck driving away a Fox, Dogs drinking
after Hunt, Head of Little Spanish Dog
(1836-65); Christ healing the Sick (1849);
Christ and the Samaritan Woman (1859);
Dog shaking a Partridge (1867); Hunting
and Puppies (1868); Meeting (1874); Head
of a Spanish Dog (1879); Spanish Dog
(1882); Woman Reading, Head of a Little
Girl (1883), Head of Setter Dog (1884);
Sweet Thought (1886).—Bellier, ii. 668;
Larousse.
VIBERT, JEHAN GEORGES, born in
Paris, Sept. 30,
1840. Genre
painter, pupil of
Picot and Barrias.
Medals: 1864,
1867, 1868; 3d
class, 1878; L. of
Honour, 1870.
Works: Repentance,
Siesta (1863);
Narcissus transformed into a Flower (1864),
Bordeaux Museum; Christian Martyrs in
Lions' Den, Dead Sheep (1865); Daphnis
and Chloë (1866); Entry of Bull Fighters
(with Zamacois), Temptation (1867); Wandering
Barber, Convent in Arms (1868);
Paying the Tithe, Morning of Wedding
(1869); Persistent (1870); Departure of
Newly Married Couple in Spain (1873); A
Reprimand, Coquelin as Mascarille, Monk
picking Radishes (1874); Grasshopper and
Ant, Painter Resting (1875); Monseigneur's
Antechamber (1876); Serenade (1877); Toilet
of the Madonna, Apotheosis of Thiers
(1878); Rehearsing Amateur Theatricals,
Studio in Evening (1881); At Rest, Georgette
(1882). Works in United States: Reprimand,
Startling Confession, First-Born
(1873), Selling Consecrated Palms, Miss C.
L. Wolfe, New York; Spanish Diligence
Station, First-Born, J. H. Stebbins, ib.; Cardinal's
Menu, Morgan sale, New York (1886),
Mrs. Arnott, Elmira, N. Y., for $12,500; Old
Sherry, Calvin S. Brice, ib.; Committee on
Moral Books, William H. Vanderbilt, ib.;
Model's Repose, William Astor, ib.; Bouquet,
Why comes he not?, W. Rockefeller,
ib.; Sacred Concert, J. J. Astor, ib.; Pretext
for Conversation, R. G. Dun, ib.; Preparatory
Sermon, Dealer in Pottery, New
Clerk (1877), On the Ramparts, Smoker, T.
R. Butler, ib.; Standard Bearer, Mrs. Paran
Stevens, ib.; Theological Discussion, R. L.
Stuart Collection, ib.; Night Watch, Sharpening
Bull Fighter's Knife, D. O. Mills, ib.;