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Works: The Christening, Dream of the Arabian Nights, William H. Vanderbilt, New York; Armourer's Shop, Miss C. L. Wolfe, ib.; Spanish Scene, August Belmont, ib.; Bull Fighters, J. H. Stebbins, ib.; Rare Vase, Cornelius Vanderbilt, ib.; Turkish Shoe-Shop, J. P. Morgan, ib.; Devotional Scene, D. O. Mills, ib.; Armourer's Shop, R. L. Cutting, ib.; Poultry Market in Tangier, Cairo Slipper Merchant (1872), W. T. Walters, Baltimore; Marriage of Doge Foscari (1885).
Village Politicians, Sir David Wilkie, Earl of Mansfield.
VILLEGAS MARMOLEJO, PEDRO DE,
born in Seville in 1520, died there in 1597.
Spanish school; supposed to have studied
in Rome, as his pictures are reminiscent of
Raphael and of the best traditions of the
Roman school. Among his works, which
are rare, are: Visitation, Seville Cathedral;
St. Lazarus, Hospital of the Lazarists, near
Seville; Annunciation, Madonna, S. Lorenzo,
Seville.—Stirling, i. 319; Ch. Blanc,
École espagnole.
VILLOLDO, JUAN DE, died after 1551.
Spanish school; pupil of his uncle, Alonzo
Perez de Villoldo, a scholar of Juan de Borgoña.
Painted in 1547-48 a series of forty-five
works on sacred subjects for the Carbajal
Chapel in S. Andres, Madrid.—Stirling,
i. 148.
VINCENT, FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ, born in
Paris, Dec. 30, 1746, died there, Aug. 3,
1816. History painter, son of François
Élie Vincent (1708-90, miniature painter);
pupil of Vien. Won the grand prix in 1768,
and studied three years in Rome. Member
of Academy in 1782, professor in 1792;
chevalier of Legion of Honour, and professor
in the École polytechnique. Works:
Belisarius asking Alms; Alcibiades and
Socrates; St. Jerome (1777), Montpellier
Museum; President Molé seized by Rioters
(1779); Combat of Romans and Sabines interrupted
by Sabine Women (1781), Angers
Museum; Cœcinna Pœtus exhorted by his
Wife Arria to kill himself
(1785), Amiens Museum;
Henri IV. meeting Sully
wounded (1786), Zeuxis
choosing Girls of Crotona
for Models (1789), Louvre;
William Tell upsetting the
Boat conveying Gesler
(1795), Toulouse Museum;
Lesson in Field Labour,
Bordeaux Museum; Portrait
of Bishop de Jarente
(1787), Orléans Museum;
do. of the Painter Houël,
Rouen Museum; David
Victor over Goliath, Valenciennes
Museum. His wife,
Mme. Adélaïde Vincent
(born, 1749, Labille des Vertus, married
first M. Guyard, and died, 1803), was a portrait
painter of repute.—Bellier, ii. 690; Ch.
Blanc, École française; Villot, Cat. Louvre;
Meyer, Gesch., 55, 78; Larousse.
VINCENT, ST., Fra Bartolommeo, Florence
Academy; wood. Painted about 1515
for S. Marco, Florence.—Vasari, ed. Mil.,
iv. 189; C. & C., Italy, iii. 468.
VINCENZO DA SAN GIMIGNANO, born
in San Gimignano, April 10, 1492, died
there after 1529. Roman school. Real
name Tamagno, son of Bernardo; called by
Vasari a disciple and friend of Raphael,
whom he assisted in the Vatican about 1512.