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 Vliet, born at Delft about 1610, pupil of Rembrandt, are portraits in the Museums at Rotterdam and Leipsic, and a Baptism of the Eunuch, in the Oldenburg Gallery.

VOELCKER, GOTTFRIED WILHELM, born in Berlin, March 23, 1775, died there, Nov. 1, 1849. Flower painter, pupil of Johann Friedrich Schultze, whom he succeeded as director of the Royal Porcelain Factory. Member of Berlin Academy in 1811. Professor and privy councillor. Order of Red Eagle; Hanover Order of Guelph. Works: Fruit in Glass Bowl (1827), Flower-Piece (1837), National Gallery, Berlin; Flowers on a Table (1820), Raczynski Gallery, ib.; Flowers and Fruit (1834), Königsberg Museum; do. (1842), Schwerin Gallery. His son, Friedrich Wilhelm (1799-1870), distinguished himself in the same branch. Work: Flower-Piece (1821), New Pinakothek, Munich.—Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 351.

VOET, JACOB FERDINAND, born at Antwerp, baptized March 14, 1639, died after 1691 (?). Flemish school; portrait painter, formed himself under the influence of Van Dyck, then in Rome under that of Carlo Maratti; flourished about 1660-91, chiefly in Rome, under the Popes Alexander VII. and Clement IX., in Turin, Paris, and Antwerp. Works: Portrait of Cardinal Azzolini (1654), Berlin Museum; do. of Pope Clement IX. (1667).—Kramm, vi. 1782.

VOET, KAREL BORCHAERT, born at Zwolle about 1670, died in 1745. Dutch school; still-life painter, pupil of his brother and another unknown master; entered, at the age of nineteen, the service of the Earl of Portland, and accompanied him several times to England. Finally lived at Dordrecht. Works: Memento Mori (1741), Kitchen Scenes (2), Schwerin Gallery.—Immerzeel, iii. 203; Schlie, 669.

VOGEL, CHRISTIAN LEBRECHT, born at Dresden, April 4, 1759, died there, April 11, 1816. History and portrait painter, pupil of Schenau; invited to Castle Wildenfels in 1780 by his patron, Count Solms, he painted there many portraits and family groups of distinguished persons. Member of Dresden Academy in 1800, professor in 1814. Was especially successful with children's portraits. Works: Two Children playing with lighted Candle, Christiania Gallery; Artist's Children with Picture Book, Dresden Museum.—Nagler, xx. 491.

VOGEL, HUGO, born at Magdeburg, Feb. 15, 1855. Historical genre painter, pupil of Wilhelm Sohn at Düsseldorf. Gold medal, Berlin, 1883. Works: Luther at the Wartburg preaching from his Translation of the Bible (1882), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Beethoven at the Piano (1883); Reception of the French Huguenots by the Great Elector (1884); Duke Ernst the Confessor taking Communion at Celle—1535 (1885), Provinzial Museum, Hanover.—Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 549; xx. 753; xxi. 243; Kunst f. Alle, i.; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xxi. 256.

VOGEL, LUDWIG, born at Zürich, July 10, 1788, died there, Aug. 21, 1879. History and genre painter, pupil of Heinrich Fuessli and of Konrad Gessner, then of Vienna Academy; went in 1810 with Overbeck to Rome, and, after having studied, at Florence and Orvieto, Perugia, Siena, Pisa, etc., the masterworks of Signorelli, Giotto, and other Pre-Raphaelite masters, returned to Zürich in 1813, and until 1820 studied Swiss types on trips through his native mountains. Works: Return Home of Swiss Warrior in 16th Century (1810); Return of Victors at Morgarten (1813); Struthan von Winkelried fighting the Dragon (1814); La Benichon (1819); Flight of Charles the Bold (1838); Ulrich Zwingli as Chaplain (1838); Arnold von Winkelried at Sempach (1840, 1856); Capuchin Refectory (1852); Tell's Chapel, Woman of Grisons in Suabian War, Prayer at the Grave (1844); Reception of Zürich into Confederacy, Zürich Gallery;