title: Joseph van Severdonck
text: # Joseph van Severdonck
  
  Joseph van Severdonck (1819–1905) was a Belgian artist.
  
  Severdonck specialized in historical and genre paintings and studied under Wappers. Critical reception of his works was mixed. Walter Shaw Sparrow, who studied under him and considered him a "noted character", wrote of him in his memoirs.
  
  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
  