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MICHEL MARIE CHARLES VERLAT (1824-189o)

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MICHEL
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VERLAT (1824-189o)  , Belgian painter, was
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born at
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Antwerp on the 25th of
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November 1824 . He was a
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pupil of Nicaise de Keyser, and studied at the Antwerp
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Academy . In 1842 appeared his first important picture, "
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Pippin the
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Short Killing a
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Lion." About 1849 he went to
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Paris, where he worked under Ary
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Scheffer . In 1855 he won a
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gold
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medal at the Exposition Universelle at Paris with his "
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Tiger Attacking a
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Herd of Buffaloes," and in 1858 exhibited " Le Coup de
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collier " (now in the Antwerp
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Gallery) at the Paris
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Salon . In 1866 he was appointed director of the Academy at
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Weimar, where he painted some
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fine portraits, notably those of the
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grand-duchess of
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Saxony and of the musician
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Liszt . Soon after his return to Antwerp in 1875 he visited
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Palestine, and brought back a large number of interesting pictures, including " Vox Populi " (Antwerp Gallery), " The
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Tomb of Jesus," and " The
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Flight into
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Egypt." In 1885 he was appointed director of the Antwerp Academy . Other important
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works by
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Verlat are the panoramas of the
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battle of
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Waterloo and the treaty of
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San Stefano, "
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Christ between the Two Thieves," " Defending the
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Flock " (Antwerp Gallery), " Oxen Ploughing in Palestine " (Antwerp Gallery), "
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Godfrey of
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Bouillon at the
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Siege of
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Jerusalem " (
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Brussels Gallery), and "
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Sheep-
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Dog Defending the Flock." (Brussels Gallery) . He executed a
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series of
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original etchings, and published in 1879 a
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book on the Antwerp Academy . He died at Antwerp on the 23rd of
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October 189o .

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