VIAEDOT Peasants destroying a Stack of Wheat, Black- smith shoeing a Horse, Shepherd Besting (1859) ; Tow-Horses, A Ferry, Relays of Horses, Harvest at Ezanville (1861); Drink- ing Place at St. Bernard Gate ; Horse Ferry, Cascarottes au Lavoir (1863) ; Horses at the Eiver, Fountain at Hendaye (1864) ; Low Tide at Grand-Champ, Washerwomen near St. Jean de Luz, Building Yard, Eeturn to the Yard (1865) ; Horses at Drinking Place (1866) ; Ferry at Valvin, Tow-Horses on "Upper Seine (1867) ; Horses Drinking, Vil- lage Blacksmith, Shepherd and the Sea (1868) ; Eeturn of Labourers, Watering Place at Samois (1869) ; Basque Women after the Bath, Village Street (1870) ; Be- lays of Horses for Towing, Village Smithy (1872) ; Summer, Vegetable Dealer (1873) ; Last Sheaves, Cart in a Wood (1874) ; Wa- tering Place, The Well, Street Carts in the Woods of Fontainebleau (1875); The Little Bridge at Samois, Eelays of Tow-Horses (1876) ; Carrieres ; Paves, Horse Ferry for Tow-Horses (1877) ; Fair of St. Catherine, Tow-Horses in Eelays (1878) ; Information, Market-Dues (1879) ; Tank for Tow-Horses (1880) ; Old Horse at Door of Blacksmith's Shop, Cock Crowing (1881) ; Early Wheat, Blacksmith (1882) ; Cadi's Escort, Arabs crossing the Chelif (1883) ; The Belay, Horse Ferry (1884) ; Arab Horsemen at the Fountain, Horse Dealers (1885) ; Vintage, Eiver in a Village (1886). Bellier, ii. 666 ; Portfolio (1875), 162. VIAEDOT, LfiON, born at Dijon, Dec. 1, 1805. History, portrait, and animal painter, pupil of Picot and Ary Scheffer. Medal : 2d class, 1835. Works : Corsican Woman, Sultan (a dog), Sword of Damocles, Eoebuck driving away a Fox, Dogs drink- ing after Hunt, Head of Little Spanish Dog (1836-65) ; Christ healing the Sick (1849) ; Christ and the Samaritan Woman (1859) ; Dog shaking a Partridge (1867) ; Hunting and Puppies (1868) ; Meeting (1874) ; Head of a Spanish Dog (1879) ; Spanish Dog (1882) ; Woman Beading, Head of a Little Girl (1883), Head of Setter Dog (1884) ; Sweet Thought (1886). Bellier, ii. 668 ; Larousse. VIBEBT, JEHAN GEOBGES, born in Paris, Sept. 30, 1840. Genre painter, pupil of Picot and Barrias. Medals: 1864, 1867, 1868; 3d class, 1878 ; L. of Honour, 1870. Works : Bepent- ance, Siesta (1863); Narcissus transformed into a Flower (1864), Bordeaux Museum ; Christian Martyrs in Lions' Den, Dead Sheep (1865) ; Daphnis and Chloo (1866) ; Entry of Bull Fighters (with Zamacois), Temptation (1867) ; Wan- dering Barber, Convent in Arms (1868) ; Paying the Tithe, Morning of Wedding (1869) ; Persistent (1870) ; Departure of Newly Married Couple in Spain (1873) ; A Beprimand, Coquelin as Mascarille, Monk picking Badishes (1874) ; Grasshopper and Ant, Painter Besting (1875) ; Monseigneur's Antechamber (1876) ; Serenade (1877) ; Toi- let of the Madonna, Apotheosis of Thiers (1878) ; Behearsing Amateur Theatricals, Studio in Evening (1881) ; At Best, Geor- gette (1882). Works in United States : Bep- rimand, Startling Confession, First-Born (1873), Selling Consecrated Palms, Miss C. L. Wolfe, New York ; Spanish Diligence Station, First-Born, J. H. Stebbins, ib. ; Car- dinal's Menu, Morgan sale, New York (1886), Mrs. Arnott, Elmira, N. Y., for $12,500 ; Old Sherry, Calvin S. Brice, ib.; Committee on Moral Books, William H. Vanderbilt, ib. ; Model's Bepose, William Astor, ib.; Bou- quet, W T hy comes he not?, W. Bockefeller, ib.; Sacred Concert, J. J. Astor, ib.; Pre- text for Conversation, B. G. Dun, ib. ; Pre- paratory Sermon, Dealer in Pottery, New Clerk (1877), On the Bamparts, Smoker, T. B. Butler, ib. ; Standard Bearer, Mrs. Paran Stevens, ib.; Theological Discussion, B. L. Stuart Collection, ib.; Night Watch, Sharp- ening Bull Fighter's Knife, D. O. Mills, ib.; 364
