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died there, May 8, 1866), was a landscape painter, pupil of Ghent Academy and of Surmont de Volsberghe; visited Italy in 1836-38, and England in 1841. Works: View of Subiaco, Capuchin Monastery at Cava (1838), In the Forest of Alife, Ghent Museum.—Immerzeel, iii. 192; Kramm, vi. 1754; Sunaert, 109, 131.
VIGNON, CLAUDE, the elder, born at
Tours, May 19, 1593, died in Paris, May 10,
1670. French school; history painter, pupil
in Rome of Caravaggio, but rather followed
the mannerism of his time, neglecting
the study of nature and of antique models.
After his return to France, via Spain, about
1624, he was patronized by Maria de' Medici,
for whom he bought pictures and statues
in Spain and Italy, by Louis XIII. and Cardinal
Richelieu. Received into the Academy
and made professor in 1651. Works:
Baptism of the Eunuch (1638), Notre Dame
de Paris; Christ among the Doctors, Grenoble
Museum; Adoration of the Magi, Lille
Museum; Christ washing the Feet of the
Apostles (1653), Nantes Museum; Martyrdom
of St. Catherine, Rennes Museum;
Joseph in Prison, Rouen Museum; St. Cecilia,
Toulouse Museum. His son, Claude
François (1634-1703), studied also in Rome,
and was received into the Paris Academy in
1667. By him: The Daughter of King
Polemon of Armenia delivered by St. Bartholomew
of a Demon (1668), Notre Dame
de Paris; and a portrait of his father, in
the École des Beaux Arts.—Bellier, ii. 681;
Mémoires inédits, i. 269.
Village Bride, Jean Baptiste Greuze, Louvre, Paris.
VILLAGE BRIDE (Accordée de village), Jean Baptiste Greuze, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 3 ft. × 3 ft. 10 in. An old man, seated at right, gives a purse, the dowry of his daughter, to a young man, standing in centre; the mother, seated at left, clasps the hand of her daughter, who stands beside her husband supporting a younger sister leaning upon her shoulder; at right, foreground, a notary. Salon, 1761; purchased by Marquis de Marigny for 9,000 livres; at his sale (1782), bought for 16,650 livres. Engraved by J. J. Flipart (1770).—Réveil, vi. 407; Filhol.
VILLAGE FESTIVAL,
David Teniers, younger, Vienna
Museum; canvas, H.
2 ft. 5 in. × 3 ft. 8 in. A
kirmess or fête in a Flemish
village. Scene in the
court of an inn, from the
window of which is displayed
a banner bearing the figure of the
Archduke Leopold, Governor of the Low
Countries. At the left, in foreground, a numerous
company at table; in background,
many jovial drinkers; in centre, peasants
dancing; at right, Teniers himself and his
family arriving; in background, another inn
with a May-pole and dancers. One of Teniers's
best works. Engraved by J. Ph. Le-Bas.—Réveil,
xii. 851.
By Sir David Wilkie, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 1 in. × 4 ft. 2 in. Formerly called Ale-House Door. Groups of villagers carousing in the yard of a vil-