VERBOECKHOVEN, EUGENE JOSEPH Belgian painter, was born at Warneton in West Flanders on June 9, 1798, and received instruction in drawing and modelling from his father, the sculptor Barthelemy Verboeckhoven. His paintings of sheep, of horses and of cattle in landscape, somewhat after the manner of Potter, brought him universal fame, and were eagerly sought for by collectors. Precise and careful finish is the chief quality of his art, which is entirely objective and lacking in inspira tion. Verboeckhoven visited England in 1826, Germany in 1828,
and France and Italy in 1841. He died in Brussels on Jan. 19, 1881. Examples of his art are to be found in nearly all the impor tant galleries of Europe and the United States, notably in Brus sels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, New York, Boston and Washington. In addition to his painted work he exe cuted some 5o etched plates of similar subjects.