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