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 *lage inn. Many small figures. Painted in 1811 for J. Angerstein, who paid for it 800 guineas; bought with his collection in 1824. Engraved by C. W. Marr; G. Mosse; E. Smith; W. Finden; W. Greatbach; P. Lightfoot.—Cat. Nat. Gal.; Heaton, Works of Sir D. W.; Cat. Angerstein Gal., No. 30.

Village Festival, David Teniers, younger, Vienna Museum.

VILLAGE LADIES (Demoiselles du village), Gustave Courbet, Thomas Wigglesworth, Boston; canvas, H. 6 ft. × 7 ft. Three ladies, standing in foreground, giving alms to a beggar girl; a dog is beside them, and two cows at right; background, a landscape of rolling hills. Painted in 1852; Paris Exhibition, 1855.—Art Treasures of America, iii. 84.

VILLAGE POLITICIANS, Sir David Wilkie, Earl of Mansfield, England. A group of rustics in heated discussion around a table in a kitchen, with others near a fire in the background. Royal Academy, 1806; sold to Lord Mansfield for 35 guineas. Sketch at Hadzor. Engraved by A. Raimbach.—Heaton, Works of D. W.; Painters of Georgian Era, 51; Redgrave, Century, ii. 257.

VILLAVICENCIO, Don PEDRO NUÑEZ DE, born at Seville in 1635, died there in 1700. Spanish school; pupil of Murillo, and though only an amateur, won distinction. Becoming a knight of St. John of Jerusalem, went to Malta and studied there under Il Calabrese; on his return to Seville joined the Academy and resumed his friendly relations with Murillo, who died in his arms. Painted historical and genre subjects and portraits. Works: Boys playing Dice, Museo del Prado; Infant Christ bearing a Cross, Suermondt Museum, Aix-la-Chapelle; Two Boys playing Dice, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Stirling, iii. 1104; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Madrazo; Curtis, 336.

VILLEGAS, JOSÉ; contemporary. Genre painter, pupil of Mariaus Fortuny, whose manner he follows. Studio in Rome.