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were engraved by such masters as Jeaurat, Charles Simoneau, Larmessin, Tardieu, Surugue, and Cochin. Although his composition and colouring often suggest the influence of the Venetian school, he followed on the whole the untrue mannerism of his epoch. Works: Apelles painting Campaspe (1716), Château de Compiègne; Vulcan presenting to Venus the Arms for Æneas, Toulouse Museum; The Levee, Evening Toilet, Valenciennes Museum; Christ in the House of Simon (1727), Marriage at Cana (1728), Schleissheim Gallery; Visitation of Mary (1729), Holy Family, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Fétis, Les Artistes belges, ii. 226; Jal, 1302; Mémoires inédits, i. 354; Michiels, ix. 302.
WOENSAM (Wonsam), ANTON, called
Anton von Worms, flourished in Cologne
about 1528-61. German school; the only
painter from the Lower Rhine in whose rare
pictures the influence of Albrecht Dürer is
perceptible. This master drew well, and
was not without a certain feeling for beauty.
Works: Carthusian Monks under the Cross,
Taking of Christ (1529), Museum, Cologne;
Madonna, St. Severinus' and St. Ursula's,
ib.; do., Darmstadt Gallery; Last Judgment,
Berlin Museum.—Kugler (Crowe), i.
229; Merlo, 517; W. & W., ii. 491.
WOLF, AUGUST, born at Weinheim,
Baden, April 22, 1842. History painter,
pupil in Carlsruhe of the art school, and
of Hans Canon; went in 1868 to Dresden,
and copied there a Madonna by Titian, and
the portrait of Charles I. by Van Dyck,
which procured for him a commission from
Count Schack, to copy in Venice the principal
works of the Venetian masters for his
gallery in Munich; this task, performed
with a singular understanding for the individuality
of those masters, occupied him
for ten years in Venice, where he still lives.
Among his original works are: Banquet at
Murano in 16th Century; Apollo among
the Muses; The Three Parcæ; Old Venetian
Wedding Procession; Resurrection, in
the Burial Chapel of the Schack Family,
Schwerin.—Meyer, Conv. Lex., xxi. 975;
Schack, Meine Gemäldesammlung (1884),
290.
WOLF HUNT, Rubens, Ashburton Collection,
London; canvas, H. 8 ft. 1 in. × 12
ft. 5 in. Three figures mounted, two of
them portraits of Rubens and Isabella
Brandt, and five on foot, attacking two
wolves and three foxes. Painted in 1612
for the Spanish General Legranes; inherited
by Count Altamira, Madrid; taken to
Paris, returned in 1815; purchased (1824)
by Smith, picture dealer, for 50,000 francs.
Engraved by Soutman; Van der Leeuw.
Replica (6 ft. 7 in. × 9 ft. 2 in.), Methuen
Collection, Corsham House, England.—Waagen,
Treasures, ii. 102; Smith, ii. 273.
WOLF, JOHANN ANDREAS, born in
Munich in 1652, died there, April 9, 1716.
German school; history painter, pupil of
his father, Jonas Wolf, an obscure painter,
and of the sculptor Ableitner; took Schönfeld
and Karl Loth for his models, and
afterwards studied especially copies after
Raphael's works. Works: Artist's Portrait,
Old Pinakothek, Munich; St. Rupert, Metropolitan
Church, ib.; Death of St. Joseph,
St. Joseph's Hospital Church, ib.; Immaculate
Conception, Church of the Holy Ghost,
ib.; Communion of the Virgin, The Virgin
on the Globe, Schleissheim Gallery; St. Andrew,
Freising Cathedral.—Nagler, xxii. 51.
WOLFAERTS. See Wolffordt.
WOLFE, DEATH OF, Benjamin West,
Grosvenor House, London; canvas, H. 5 ft.
× 7 ft. Battle at Quebec, 1759. General
Wolfe, lying on the ground in the agonies
of death, supported by several officers, and
surrounded by others in various attitudes
expressive of grief, is told of his victory by
soldiers running from left, where the battle
is still raging; in foreground, an Indian
sitting on the ground. In this picture
West repudiated the traditions of the classical
school and dressed his characters in
the costume of the period represented.
Painted in 1771. Engraved by Woollett.
Replica at Hampton Court; several others.