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Goyen, Jan Josephszoon van
(Encyclopedia)Goyen, Jan Josephszoon van yän yōˈzəfsōn vän gōˈyən [key], 1596–1656, Dutch landscape painter. He studied at Leiden and Haarlem. In 1631 he settled at The Hague. His typically Dutch landsca...Goes, Hugo van der
(Encyclopedia)Goes, Hugo van der ho͞oˈgō vän dĕr go͞os [key], d.1482, Flemish painter. Probably born in Ghent, he was a member of the painters' guild there in 1467 and became dean of the guild in 1474, a year...Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen
(Encyclopedia)Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen: see Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen. ...Janssen, Cornelis van Ceulen
(Encyclopedia)Janssen, Cornelis van Ceulen: see Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen. ...Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen
(Encyclopedia)Janssens, Janssen, or Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen kôrnāˈlĭs vän köˈlən yänˈsəns, –sən, –sôn [key], 1593–c.1662, Dutch portrait painter who worked in England. He was the fashionable ...Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den
(Encyclopedia)Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den gĕrˈbränt vän dĕn ākˈhout [key], 1621–74, Dutch painter and etcher. He was a pupil and close follower of Rembrandt, especially in his religious works. A fine drafts...Roger van der Weyden
(Encyclopedia)Roger van der Weyden: see Weyden, Roger van der. ...Barneveldt, Johan van Olden
(Encyclopedia)Barneveldt, Johan van Olden: see Oldenbarneveldt, Johan van. ...Siebold, Philipp Franz van
(Encyclopedia)Siebold, Philipp Franz van fēˈlĭp fränts fen zēˈbôlt [key], 1796–1866, German naturalist and physician; son of A. E. von Siebold. He was noted for his studies of the natural history, ethnogra...Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
(Encyclopedia)Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn or Ryn rĕmˈbrănt, Du. rĕmˈbränt härˈmənsōn vän rīn [key], 1606–69, Dutch painter, etcher, and draftsman, b. Leiden. Rembrandt is acknowledged as the greate...Browse by Subject
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