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of Rubens's master, Otto Venius. Said to have been painted for family of Van Knyf at Antwerp; in Collection of Canon Van Knyf, Antwerp, in 1780; bought at Henry Hope sale (1816), for £2,000; bought in at Leigh Court sale (1884), for £1,785. Engraved by Mlle. Simons and Tassaert; Cardon, in Tresheim's British Gallery; Bromley, in Forster Gallery.—Waagen, Treasures, iii. 181; Smith, ii. 223.
By Émile Signol, Luxembourg Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft 6 in. × 3 ft. 8 in. The woman kneels in contrition at right, at the base of a fluted column, her face buried in her hands; at left, Christ, standing, indicates her with his left hand while turning to speak to her accusers, who are not seen. Salon, 1840.
By Tintoretto, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 6 ft. 2 in. × 11 ft. 8 in. Christ, seated in the Temple, turns towards the left, where the woman, surrounded by her accusers, is standing; at right, another group, and in the background many people entering through an arched doorway. Painted for the Counts Vidmarie; afterwards in Prague Gallery, whence obtained in 1748. Engraved by Philip Andrew Kilian.
By Titian (?), lately in S. Afra, Brescia; canvas, half-lengths, life-size. Christ turns to address one of the Pharisees, whilst the woman, surrounded by her accusers, to right, bends before him; in distance, a grove and a temple; in foreground, to left, two figures standing, probably portraits of members of the family for whom the picture was painted. Probably by Giulio Campi. Engraved by Sala. Copy in Tadini Collection, Louvre. The original in S. Afra has lately passed into private hands.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 437.
WOMAN WITH FAN, Rembrandt, Buckingham
Palace; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5-1/2 in. × 2 ft.
8-1/2 in.; signed, dated 1641. A lady seen to
knees, with light hair, in a black silk robe
attached in front by black ribbons over a
yellow bodice, and point lace kerchief and
ruffles, a pearl necklace and bracelets, a diamond
brooch and a tiara, standing at a window,
with a splendid fan in her right hand.
Bought by Nieuwenhuys in Holland in 1814;
sold to Lord Charles Townsend for 1,000
guineas; at his sale (1819) purchased for
the king at 720 guineas. Engraved by J.
P. Quilley.—Smith, vii. 164; Vossmaer,
460.
WONDER, PIETER CHRISTOFFEL,
born at Utrecht, Jan. 10, 1780, died at Amsterdam,
July 13, 1852. Genre and portrait
painter; formed himself by study from
life and after the works of famous masters,
then in Düsseldorf (1802-1804), where he
copied after the antique and the works of
Rubens and Van Dyck. After his return he
rapidly acquired reputation with portraits
and genre scenes treated in the manner of
the old Dutch masters, and represented
by lamp or candle light. In 1823-31 he
lived in London. Gold medal, Amsterdam,
1817; member of Amsterdam Academy.
Works: The Time (1810), Amsterdam Museum;
Herring Seller, Rotterdam Museum.—Immerzeel,
iii. 248; Kramm, vi. 1884.
WOOD, GEORGE B., Jr., born in Philadelphia
in 1832. Genre and still-life painter,
pupil of the Pennsylvania Academy, of
which he is a member. Works: Freddy
Flechtenstein's Shop; Early Spring, Interior
of Mr. Childs's Private Office, G. W.
Childs, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Library,
George Whitney, ib.; Hunter in Luck;
Summer (1879); Interior (1881); Chip
Gatherer in Dry Dock (1882).
WOOD, THOMAS WATERMAN, born
in Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 12, 1823. Portrait
and genre painter, pupil of Chester Harding
in Boston; studied in Paris in 1858-60, and
visited Italy and Switzerland. He painted
in Louisville and Nashville before opening a
studio in New York in 1867. Elected an
A.N.A. in 1869, and N.A. in 1871. Works:
Contraband, Recruit, Veteran, Village Post-Office
(1867), Charles Stewart Smith, New
York; Every Man his own Doctor, T. B.
Clarke, ib.; No Smoking Here!, H. B. Hurlbut,
Cleveland; Quack Doctor (1879);