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 Rabbit Hunt (1866); Dog at Bay (1869); Avidity; Bad Neighbours; Quarrelling over the Booty; Wolf Hunt; Monkey shaving before Mirror; Dogs waiting for the Start; Shepherdess with her Flock; First Snow; Not Invited! Reynard in Hope; Reynard Deceived; Storming of Jerusalem, Dog defending Herd against Eagle, Brussels Museum; Buffaloes attacked by Tiger, Zoölogical Garden, Amsterdam; Dog and Parrot, Rooster and Chickens disturbed by Fox, Museum Fodor, ib.; Ecce Homo, Crucifixion (1885); Lost the Track, Boar Hunt (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Illustr. Zeitg. (1870), i. 270; Kunst-Chronik, v. 74; xiii. 329; Müller, 534; Reber-Pecht, iii. 95; Zeitschr. f. b. K., vi. 25, 104; xx. 570, 700.

VERLINDE, PETRUS ANTONIUS, born at Winoxbergen, France, January, 1801. History painter, pupil of Bruges Academy under Ducq, of Antwerp Academy under Van Brée, and in Paris of Guérin; settled in Antwerp, where he became professor at the Academy in 1829; painted the great triumphal arch for the Rubens festival in 1840, for which the city of Antwerp awarded him a medal. Member of Royal Society of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1830, of Royal Society of Sciences and Arts in 1834. Works: Interior of Studio (1827); Death of St. Louis; Repose in Egypt; Christ and the Woman of Samaria; Blind Man led by his Daughter.—Immerzeel, iii. 179.

VERMAY or VERMAYEN. See Vermeyen.

VERMEER (van der Meer van Delft), JOHANNES, born at Delft, baptized Oct. 31, 1632, died there, buried Dec. 15, 1675. Dutch school; portrait, genre, landscape, and still-life painter, pupil of Karel Fabritius, and further developed under the influence of Rembrandt. Master of the guild of Delft in 1653, and was its dean in 1662-63 and 1670-71. One of the greatest colourists, excelling in admirable light effects. Works: Music Lesson (attributed to Jan Steen), Woman peeling Fruit (attributed to Pieter de Hooch), Lord Hertford, London; Lace Maker, Louvre; Soldier and Laughing Girl, Double Collection, Paris; Pearl Weigher, Perier Collection, ib.; Geographer, do. (1665), Pereire Gallery, ib.; Portrait of Young Girl, Arenberg Gallery, Brussels; Guitar Player, Cremer Collection, ib.; View of Delft, Hague Museum; Woman Reading, Amsterdam Museum; Milkmaid, House in Delft, Six Gallery, ib.; Entrance to Forest (attributed to Jacob van Ruisdael), Basle Museum; Girl with Wineglass (La Coquette), Brunswick Gallery; Rustic Cottage (now claimed for D. J. van der Laen, 1759-1829), Boy blowing Bubbles, Young Lady with Pearl Necklace, Berlin Museum; Courtesan (1656), Girl reading Letter, Dresden Gallery; Geographer (1669), Städel Gallery, Frankfort; Woman peeling Apple for Child (attributed to Terburg), Still-Life (1659), Museum, Vienna; The Promenade, Academy, ib.; Family Reunion, Artist in his Studio (attributed to Pieter de Hooch), Entrance to Grove, Czernin Gallery, ib.; Landscapes (2), Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Tavern Interior with Soldiers (attributed to Jan Le Ducq), Borghese Gallery, Rome.—Ch. Blanc, École hollandaise; Burger, Musées, i. 272; ii. 67; Dohme, 1ii.; Gaz. des B. Arts (1866), xxi. 297, 458, 542; (1883), xxvii. 389; xxviii. 213; Kramm, vi. 1725; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 381; Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 68; xxi. 234; Zeitschr. f. b. K., ii. 167; iii. 262; iv. 140, 360; x. 34; xi. (Mittheilungen, iv. 11).

VERMEERSCH, IVO AMBROS, born at Maldeghem, near Ghent, Jan. 9, 1810, died in Munich, May 24, 1852. Architecture painter, pupil of Ghent Academy under P. F. de Noter; settled in 1841 at Munich, whence he visited Italy several times.