(Encyclopedia) Velde, van deVelde, van devän də vĕlˈdə [key], 17th-century Dutch family of artists. Jan van de Velde, 1593–1641, was a draftsman and engraver as well as a painter. His cousin Esaias…
(Encyclopedia) Ruisdael or Ruysdael, Jacob vanRuisdael or Ruysdael, Jacob vanboth: yäˈkōp vän roisˈdäl [key], c.1628–1682, Dutch painter and etcher, the most celebrated of the Dutch landscape…
(Encyclopedia) Beethoven, Ludwig vanBeethoven, Ludwig vanlŭdˈwĭg văn bāˈtōvən, Ger. l&oobreve;tˈvĭkh fän bātˈhōfən [key], 1770–1827, German composer. He is universally recognized as one of the…
(Encyclopedia) Thieu, Nguyen VanThieu, Nguyen Vannəwēˈĕn vän tēˈ&oomacr;, ty&oomacr; [key], 1924–2001, president of the former Republic of South Vietnam (1967–75). After World War II, he…
(Encyclopedia) Balen, Hendrik vanBalen, Hendrik vanhĕnˈdrĭk vän bäˈlən [key], 1575–1632, Flemish painter, b. Antwerp. Van Balen usually provided the figures for scenes in which another painter,…
(Encyclopedia) Brooks, Van WyckBrooks, Van Wyckvăn wĭkˈ [key], 1886–1963, American critic, b. Plainfield, N.J., grad. Harvard, 1908. His first book, The Wine of the Puritans (1909), presented the…
