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 VELY Sea with Vessels, Darmstadt Museum ; do., Dresden Gallery ; do., and Calm Sea, Stii- del Gallery, Frankfort ; Calm Sea with Ves- sels, Gotha Museum ; do. (1653), two oth- ers, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; Storms at Sea (2), Landscape at Night, Hermannstadt Museum ; Calm Sea, Leuchtenberg Gal- lery, ib. ; Calm Sea with many Vessels (1661), four others, Weimar Museum ; oth- ers in Germanic Museum, Nuremberg, Stutt- gart Museum, Wiesbaden Gallery, Vienna Academy, Czernin, Harrach, and SchOnborn Galleries, Vienna ; Marine Views (3), Ar- rival of Dutch Fleet at Amsterdam, His- torical Society, New York. His son, Cor- nelius, also a marine painter, is remem- bered only as a copyist. Ch. Blanc, tfcole hol- rr sees, i. 155, 274; ii. 148; Dohme, lii. ; Immerzeel, iii. 160 ; Kramm, vi. 1691 ; Kugler (Ci'owe), ii. 497 ; Kunst-Chronik, xvii. 283 ; Zeitschr. f. b. K, vi. 331 ; xi. 215 ; De Stuers, 174. VF.LY, AN AT OLE, born at Ronsoy (Somme), Feb. 20, 1838, died in Paris, Jan. 11, 1882. History and genre painter, pupil of Valenciennes Academy, and in Paris of Signol, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Med- al, 3d class, 1874 ; 2d class, 1880. Works : Death of Abel (1866); Mater Dolorosa (1868) ; Temptation (1869), Amiens Muse- um ; Country Women ; Magdalen (1872) ; Speaking Well (1873), New York Museum ; Lucia di Lammermoor (1874), Narbonne Museum ; Meditation (1875) ; First Step (1876) ; Love and Money (1878) ; Awaken- ing of the Heart (1880). Bellier, ii. 646 ; Larousse. VENETIAN EMBASSY AT CONSTAN- TINOPLE, Gentile Bellini, Louvre ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 7 in. The embassy re- ceived by the Grand Vizier, who sits on a divan in the court of his palace ; on steps to right and in the court are groups of tur- baned persons, some of whom are on horse- back, with tame deer and an ape. Painted in 1479-80, during Gentile's visit to Con- stantinople. Carried into France by Raph- ael Dufresne. C. & C., N. Italy, i. 127 ; Villot, Louvre ; Mtindler, 36. VENEZIANO, ANTONIO. See Antonio Veneziano. VENEZIANO, BONIFAZIO. See Boni- fazio Veneziano. VENEZIANO, DOMENICO. See Do- menico Veneziano. VENICE THE DOGANA, Joseph M. W. Turner, National Gallery, London ; wood, H. 1 ft. 8 in.X 2 ft. 8 in. Showing the Do- gana, Campanile of S. Marco, Palazzo Ducale, Bridge of Sighs, etc. Royal Academy, 1833. Engraved by J. T. Willmore ; T. A. Prior. Art Journal (1849), 260 ; Monkhouse, 125. VENICE, AND DOGE SEBASTIAN VENIER, Paolo Veronese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice. " An unrivalled Veronese ; far finer even than the Europa." Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 297. VENICE ENTHRONED, Paolo Veronese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice. The Apotheosis of Venice, in Sala del Maggior' Consiglio. " One of the grandest pieces of frank colour in the Palazzo Ducale." Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 297 ; Zanotto, 140. VENICE GRAND CANAL, Joseph M. W. Turner, Earl Dudley, London. The canal covered with gondolas and gaily dressed shipping ; at right, S. M. dell' Salute ; at left, Palazzo Ducale and Campanile. Sold at Mendel sale (1875), to Messrs. Agnew for 7,350 ; to Earl of Dudley for 8,000 guineas. Another, painted in 1835, in Munro Collec- tion. Another (1844), different view, Na- tional Gallery, London. Art Journal (1850), 92 ; (1862), 192. VENICE, TRIUMPH OF, Tintoretto, Pa- lazzo Ducale, Venice. Above, Venice, draped in blue, is surrounded by flying figures ; be- low, Doge da Ponte and his senators receive the homage of the conquered. Ch. Blanc, ficole venitienne. VENIUS. See Vaenius. VENNE, ADRIAAN VAN DER, born at Delft in 1589, died at The Hague, Nov. 12,