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 VOLTZ, LUDWIG, born at Augsburg in 1825. Landscape and animal painter, brother and pupil of preceding, having first been instructed by his father, and in 1843-45 pupil of Munich Academy; is especially successful with horse portraits. Works: Peasant with Ploughing Team, St. Gall Museum; Stags Fighting; After the Chase; Horses in Pasture; Harvest Scene, Forester's Daughter feeding Deer (1860).

VONNOH, ROBERT WILLIAM, born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 17, 1858. Portrait painter; pupil in Paris at the Académie Julien, in 1881-82, under Boulanger and Lefèbvre, where he won the prize for painting the male torso. His portrait of John S. Conway, Milwaukee, Wis., was hung on the line in the Salon of 1882, and he was awarded a gold medal at the Massachusetts Mechanics' Charitable Association Exhibition in 1884.

VONWYL, JAKOB, born at Lucerne in 1595, died in 1621. Excellent painter in the manner of Holbein; many of his best works were destroyed by fire; his masterpiece, The Dance of Death, in seven large panels and a small one, with twenty-four groups, is in the Canton Library at Lucerne.—Meyer von Knonau.

VOOGD, HENDRIK, born in Amsterdam in 1766, died in Rome, Sept. 4, 1839. Landscape and animal painter, pupil of Amsterdam Academy and of Juriaan Andriessen; went in 1788 to Rome. Member of Amsterdam Academy. Order of Lion. Works: Landscape with Buffaloes, formerly in Pavilion, Haarlem; View of the Campagna (1809), Gotha Museum.—Immerzeel, iii. 205; Kramm, vi. 1788.

VOORHOUT, JOHANNES, the elder, born at Uithoorn, near Amsterdam, in 1647, died before May 12, 1723. History and portrait painter, pupil at Gouda of C. Verbout, and at Amsterdam of Johan van Noordt; went in 1672 to Frederikstadt, thence to Hamburg, and afterwards returned to Amsterdam. Works: Annunciation of Samson's Birth to Manoah and Wife, Endymion and Luna, Venus and Cupid on Clouds, Good Samaritan (1698), Brunswick Gallery; Lady with little Girl, Amalienstift, Dessau.—Immerzeel, iii. 205; Kramm, vi. 1789; Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 309.

VOORT, CORNELIS VAN DER, born at Antwerp in 1576, died at Amsterdam, Nov. 2, 1624. Dutch school; portrait painter, probably pupil of Cornelis Ketel at Amsterdam, where he ranked among the distinguished artists of his day. Works: Regents-Piece with six portraits (1618), do. with five, Archery-Piece with twelve (1623), do. with twenty-one, Amsterdam Museum. Kramm, vi. 1790.

VOORT, MICHIEL FRANS VAN DER, born at Antwerp, baptized April 28, 1714, died there, March 28, 1777. Flemish school; history painter, son and probably pupil of Joseph van der Voort, or studied under one of his relatives, all of whom were artists. Dean of the guild in 1751-52. One of the directors of the Academy in 1752-62. Works: Entry of Prince Charles of Lorraine into Antwerp (attributed to Jan Jozef Horemans, the younger), City Hall, Antwerp; Two allegorical Bas-reliefs, Museum, ib.—Cat. du Mus. d'Anvers, 437; Van den Branden, 1194.

VORSTERMANS, JAN, born at Bommel in 1643, died about 1699. Dutch school; landscape painter, pupil of H. Saftleven; painted especially Rhine views with numerous accessories, true in colouring and highly finished. Later he went to England, and painted a royal summer palace with many courtiers for Charles II., for which he demanded so high a price that it was not accepted. Works: Landscape with Fortifications, Dresden Gallery; Two Landscapes, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna.—Immerzeel, iii. 206; Kramm, vi. 1792.