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(1879); Return of Herd (1880), Luxembourg Museum; Stream (1880); Relays of Dogs (1881); Field of the Fair, Breton Moor (1882); New Grass, In the Meadows (1883), Luxembourg Museum; Summer Morning, Autumn Day (1884); Sale of Colts (1885); The Brook, Departure of Colts (1886).—Bellier, ii. 705; Larousse.
VULCAN, FORGE OF, Tintoretto, Palazzo Ducale, Venice; canvas. "A meagre and vulgar study of common models."—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 297; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 216.
Forge of Vulcan, Velasquez, Madrid Museum.
By Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 7 ft. 5 in. × 9 ft. 6 in. Apollo, partly draped, with a wreath on his head, from which light scintillates, enters the smithy of Vulcan to tell him of the infidelity of Venus; Vulcan and four half-nude cyclops, who are aiding him, cease their work to listen. Painted in Italy in 1629-31, after same models as Coat of Joseph. Engraved by Glairon; Enriquez. Etched by Alabern y Fatjo.—Curtis, 21; Madrazo, 598.
VULCAN AND VENUS. See Venus and
Vulcan.
WAAGEN, ADALBERT, born in Munich,
March 30, 1834. Landscape
painter, son of Karl Waagen (1800-73),
and brother of the art historian Georg
Friedrich Waagen; pupil of Albert Zimmermann,
whom he followed to Milan; returned
to Munich in 1859, and settled at Berchtesgaden
in 1869. The finest of his landscapes
are in the possession of the Russian Prince
Apraxin; many, also, are in England and
America. Other works: The Obersee; Val
Sassina; The High Göll; View of the Brenner
Railway near Gossensass; Ruin of Kühbach
near Bozen; Villa
Carlotta on Lake Como,
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.—Müller,
541.
WACH, KARL WILHELM,
born in Berlin,
Sept. 11, 1787, died there,
Nov. 25, 1845. History and
portrait painter, pupil of
Karl Kretzschmar and of
Berlin Academy; took part
as an officer in the campaigns
of 1813-15, then
studied in Paris under David
and Gros, and in 1817
went to Rome, where he
aided in the revival of
modern German art; returned
to Berlin in 1819,
became member of and professor
at the Academy, and established a
school in Berlin, from which issued more
than seventy scholars. Court painter in
1827; senator of the Academy in 1829;
vice-director in 1840. Order of Red Eagle.
Works: Christ with SS. John and Matthew
(1807); Portrait of Queen Louise (1811);
Christ Crucified (1815), Garnisonskirche,
Berlin; St. John Baptist (1816), Schloss
Bellevue, ib.; Male Head, Madonna Enthroned
(1826), Psyche surprised by Cupid,
National Gallery, ib.; Portrait of Countess
Raczynski (1827). Head of the Virgin, Christ
and Disciples (1828), Raczynski Gallery, ib.;
Three Divine Virtues (1828-30), Werder