Jan Victor (1620-1672),
or Fictoor. A Dutch painter who painted subjects taken from the Old Testament, after the style of Rembrandt, in whose school he was educated.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).
An eminent painter and sculptor, the son of Pietro da Vinci, notary to the Florence Republic. He became the student of Andrea Verocchio, whom he soon surpassed. He visited Milan, Venice and Rome, and in 1516 he went to France at the invitation of Francis I. and spent the last three years of his life there.
Joseph Vollmering (1810-1887).
Born in Anholt, Westphalia, and died in New York City. He first studied in the Academy of Amsterdam and later under Barend Cornelis Koek-Koek. In 1847 he removed to the United States and opened a studio in New York.
Ary de Voys (1641-1698).
Dutch painter, born at Leyden. He first studied under Nicholas Knufer and then with Abraham vander Tempel, but adopted the style of Peter van Slingelandt, with whom he was intimate.
John Renier de Vries.
A landscape painter who followed the style of Jacob Ruysdael. He flourished in the latter part of the seventeenth century.