Joseph van Severdonck explained

Joseph van Severdonck (1819–1905)^[1] was a Belgian artist.

Severdonck specialized in historical and genre paintings and studied under Wappers. Critical reception of his works was mixed.^[2] Walter Shaw Sparrow, who studied under him and considered him a "noted character", wrote of him in his memoirs.^[3]

Work titles include:

• The Judgement of Solomon (ca. about 1850), oil on canvas
• 14 Stations, (Church of Notre Dame, Namur)
• Battle of Graveungen (1855);
• Defence of Tournay in 1581
• Visitation of Mary (1862)
• Ballot among the Gypsies
• Battle of Vucht, (Palace of Justice, Ghent)
• Cavalry Attack^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Daniel Trowbridge Mallett . Mallett's Index of Artists: International-biographical, Including Painters, Sculptors, Illustrators, Engravers and Etchers of the Past and the Present . Peter Smith . 1999 . 400.
2. Book: John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins . Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings . C. Scribner's Sons . New York. 1887. 171–2 . 9780804605359 .
3. Book: Walter Shaw Sparrow . Memories of Life and Art Through Sixty Years . John Lane . 1925.