Joseph van Severdonck
# 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
