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dam Museum; Portrait of Isaac Newton,

Carlsruhe Gallery; Four Seasons, two others, Cassel Gallery; Children with Attributes of the Chase (1753), Dresden Gallery; Cupid as a Hunter, Allegory on Science and Art (1748), Children's Bacchanal (2, 1748), Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Groups of Children at Play (2, 1752, 1754), Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna.—Ch. Blanc, École hollandaise; Immerzeel, iii. 240; Kramm, vi. 1873; Van den Branden, 1212.

WITHERINGTON, WILLIAM FREDERICK, born in London, May 26, 1785, died there, April 10, 1865. Student in 1805 in schools of Royal Academy; painted landscapes with figures and rustic figure subjects; works thoroughly English and pleasing. Elected A.R.A. in 1830, and R.A. in 1840. Works: The Stepping Stones, The Hop Garland, National Gallery; Hop Garden, South Kensington Museum.—Redgrave; Cat. Nat. Gal.; Sandby, ii. 164.

WITHOOS, MATHIAS, born at Amersfoort in 1627, died at Hoorn in 1703. Dutch school; still-life painter, pupil of Jan van Campen; in company of Otto Marseus van Schrieck he went to Italy, where he painted rich compositions of flowers and plants, with butterflies, spiders, snakes, etc., for Cardinal de' Medici. Works: View of the Vatican and St. Peter's, Schwerin Gallery; Roman Park Landscape (1671), Mentz Museum. Jan, Pieter, and Frans, sons of Mathias, and his daughter Alida, all painted similar subjects.—Immerzeel, iii. 243; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 523; Burger, Musées, ii. 320; Schlie, 698.

WITT, JOHN HARRISON, born in Dublin, Wayne County, Ind., May 21, 1840. Genre and portrait painter. Began to study art in Cincinnati in 1862; first exhibited in the National Academy in 1868. Elected an A.N.A. in 1885. Works: Afternoon Nap, Rags (1880); Queen of the Day, Dreaming of the Future (1881); Out-Door Luxury, One More Spring (1882); At Home, Disgraced (1883); A Clammer's Home, Hookey (1884); Writing to Santa Claus (1885); Portrait of Lady and Horse (1886).

WITTE, EMANUEL DE, born at Alkmaar in 1607, died in Amsterdam in 1692; Dutch school; architecture painter, pupil at Delft of Evert van Aelst, but formed his style rather on Aelbert Cuyp; master of guild at Alkmaar in 1636, at Delft in 1642; settled in Amsterdam before 1650. At first painted portraits and historical subjects, afterwards devoted himself exclusively to interiors of churches and other perspective views, and brought this branch of art to the same perfection as Ruisdael did that of landscape, and Willem van de Velde that of marine painting. With correct drawing he combined a masterly treatment of chiaroscuro, and a touch of admirable impasto. His figures are always carefully drawn and are introduced with picturesque effect. Works: Church of Delft, Church Interior (1685), Brussels Museum; Church Interior (2), Amsterdam Museum; Fish Market at Amsterdam (1672), Rotterdam Museum; Church Interiors (2, one dated 1667), Synagogue of Amsterdam (1680), Berlin Museum; Interior of Gothic Church (1656), Brunswick Gallery; do., Gotha Museum; do. (2, 1667, 1668), Weimar Museum; others in Kunsthalle, Hamburg (2, one dated 1656), Schwerin Gallery, Stockholm Museum; Czernin Gallery, Vienna; Rothan Gallery, Paris; National Gallery, London.—Ch. Blanc, École hollandaise; Immerzeel, iii. 244; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 512.

WITTE, GASPAR DE, born at Antwerp, baptized Oct. 5, 1624, died there, March 20, 1681. Flemish school; landscape painter, son and pupil of Pieter de Witte (1586-1651), went early in life to Italy, thence to France, and returned to Antwerp in 1651, when he became master of the guild. Works: La bonne aventure (1667), Christ healing the Blind (1671), Antwerp Museum; Wood-*land Scene, Lille Museum; Mountain Landscape with a Castle, Aschaffenburg Gallery;