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Lorenzo Veneziano (active 1356–1372) was an important painter in Venice during the second half of the 14th century. He was the first painter of the Venetian school to move away from the Byzantine models preferred by the Venetians towards the Gothic style.

Paolo Veneziano (c.1333-c.1358) was a 14th-century painter from Venice and is considered the "founder of the Venetian School" of painting. His many signed and dated works, some in collaboration with his sons, range between 1333 and 1358. He was regarded as the official painter of the Venetian Republic. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Rev. Dr. Verlyn Verbrugge (1943-2015) was a graduate of Calvin College, Calvin Seminary, and University of Notre Dame. He served the Leighton Christian Reformed Church in Leighton, IA, and the Southern Heights Christian Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, MI, after which he served in a part-time pastoral position at the Woodland...

Rev. Timothy Christopher Verdon is a Roman Catholic priest and art historian, specializing in Christian Sacred Art on which he has written numerous books and articles. He has organized international scholarly conferences and curated exhibitions in Italy and the USA. Verdon is a Canon of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence's Cathedral Church; Director of the Office of Sacred Art...

José Verheule (Zaandam) is a theologian. Before her retirement she worked as a minister in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. (Source: artway.eu)

Kristen Verhulst is director of strategic communication and program coordination at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship at Calvin University. She serves on the executive leadership team and provides leadership in areas of staff learning and program assessment. Her program areas include leading the strategic communication team, external partnerships, the...

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. He produced relatively few paintings, primarily earning his living as an art dealer. The...

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, also known as Juan del Mayo (c. 1503-1559) was a Dutch painter, printmaker, and tapestry designer known for his portraits, history scenes, and genre subjects. He worked chiefly as a portraitist for the governors of the Habsburg Netherlands, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, and Mary of Hungary. He also served the Emperor Charles V, whom he accompanied...

Paolo Caliari (1528-1588), known as Paolo Veronese, was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the House of Levi (1573). Included with Titian, a generation older, and Tintoretto, a decade senior, Veronese is one of the "great trio that dominated Venetian painting...

Fr. Robert Verrill is the Prior of Blackfriars, Cambridge, and teaches philosophy at Blackfriars, Oxford. (Source and photo: english.op.org)