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 City, Schleissheim Gallery; Italian Landscape, Schwerin Gallery; Stag Hunt, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna; Battle-Piece, Czernin Gallery, ib.; Cavalry Skirmish, Sea in Morning Light, Schönborn Gallery, ib.—Immerzeel, iii. 184; Kramm, vi. 1732; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 433; Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 294.

VERSCHUIER, LIEVE, born in Rotterdam about 1630 (?), died there, buried Dec. 17, 1686. Dutch school; marine painter, pupil of Simon de Vlieger; went afterwards to Italy to study nature in its light effects upon landscape and water; painted a great number of sea-fights and water-views, enlivened with ships and boats. He was an imitator of Willem van de Velde. Works: Arrival of Charles Stuart in Rotterdam, Keelhauling of a Surgeon, Agitated Sea with Vessels, Amsterdam Museum; View of Rotterdam, The Old Eastport—ib., Mountainous Landscape, Rotterdam Museum; Harbour Scenes (2), Hermannstadt Museum.—Immerzeel, iii. 183; Kramm, vi. 1733; Kugler (Crowe) ii. 504.

VERSCHUUR, WOUTERUS, born in Amsterdam, June 11, 1812, died at Vorden, July 4, 1874. Landscape and animal painter, pupil of Pieter Gerardus van Os and of C. Steffelaar. Member of Amsterdam (1833) and Rotterdam (1862) Academies. Medals: Amsterdam, 1831, 1832, 1838; The Hague, 1858, 1859; Officer Order of Oaken Crown, 1862. Works: Sleighing on the Zaan (1838),	Stormy Weather (1872), Horse Fair, Amsterdam Museum; Halt before Tavern (1839);	Stable, Horse at Plough (1840); Landscape with Horses and Figures (1841); Dogs resting by Fireside, Freight Waggon and Horses in Stable, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam; Messenger on Horseback with Donkey, Goat, and Dog (1846), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Horses in Stable, Leipsic Museum.—Immerzeel, iii. 183; Kramm, vi. 1733.

VERSPRONCK (Versprong), JAN, born in Haarlem in 1597, died there, buried June 30, 1662. Dutch school; portrait painter, son of Cornelis Engelszen Verspronck (by whom a Repast of Archers, 1618, is in the Haarlem Museum), pupil of Frans Hals; master of Haarlem guild in 1632. Shows in his later pictures the influence of Rembrandt. Works: Portraits of Man and Wife (1637), Male Portraits (2, 1641), Female Portrait (1650), Regents of the Hospital (1642), Repast of Officers, Haarlem Museum; Portrait (1641), Amsterdam Museum; Female Portrait (1653), Berlin Museum; do., Old Pinakothek, Munich; Male Portraits (2, 1641, 1645), Female do. (1640, 1641), Oldenburg Gallery; Young Couple (1634, 1636), Woerlitz Gallery; Portrait, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Bode, Studien, 107; Van der Willigen, 306; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xiv. 320.

VERSTEEG, MAGGIEL, born at Dordrecht, Aug. 30, 1756, died there, buried Nov. 14, 1843. Genre and landscape painter; formed himself chiefly by copying the works of old masters, and painted at first landscapes, afterwards scenes from burghers' life by lamp and candle light. In 1811 Napoleon I. and Marie Louise visited his studio at Dordrecht. Member of Antwerp Academy in 1818. Works: Musical Assembly by Candle Light, Scullery Maid by