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 *—Ch. Blanc, École anglaise; Law, Hist. Cat. Hampton Court, 102; Réveil, xiv. 992.

Death of Wolfe, Benjamin West, Grosvenor House, London.

WOLFFORDT, ARTUS, born at Antwerp in 1581, died there in 1641. Flemish school; history painter; entered in 1603 the guild at Dordrecht, whither he had been taken when three months old; in 1616 was received into the guild at Antwerp. Enjoyed great reputation in his time, and Van Dyck painted his portrait. Works: Flight into Egypt, Repose in Egypt, Madrid Museum. His son, Jan Baptist (born at Antwerp in November, 1625), was a good landscape painter; he went early to Italy, and afterwards settled in Holland. By him is a Mountainous Landscape with Animals, in the Rotterdam Museum.—Rooses (Reber), 379; Van den Branden, 632.

WÖLFL, ADALBERT, born at Frankenstein, Silesia, May 9, 1827. Architecture and landscape painter, pupil in Breslau of Ernst Resch, but principally self-taught during travels on the Rhine and Moselle (1858-69), in Tyrol and North Italy (1858, 1860, 1867), in Austria and Hungary, and the art centres of Germany. Works: Barbara Corner in Breslau (1857), Breslau City Hall (1859), City Gallery, Breslau; Linnen House at Breslau (1861), City Hall, ib.; St. Mary Magdalen's (1867), and Interior of St. Vincent's, (1869), National Museum, ib.

WOLFVOET, VICTOR, the younger, born in Antwerp, baptized May 4, 1612, died there, Oct. 23, 1652. Flemish school; history painter, son and pupil of Victor Wolfvoet, the elder, then pupil of Rubens. Master of Antwerp guild in 1644. Works: Visitation (1639), St. James', Antwerp; Head of Medusa, Dresden Gallery.—Kramm, vi. 1883; Rooses (Reber), 318; Van den Branden, 798.

WOLGEMUTH (Wohlgemuth, Wolgemut), MICHAEL, born in Nuremberg in 1434, died there, Nov. 30, 1519. German school; history and portrait painter. After receiving instruction in art, probably from his father, he, like other apprentices, spent