Joseph van Severdonck

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]