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Keppel, Arnold Joost van
(Encyclopedia)Keppel, Arnold Joost van: see Albemarle, Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st earl of. ...Helmont, Jan Baptista van
(Encyclopedia)Helmont, Jan Baptista van yän bäptĭsˈtä vän hĕlˈmônt [key], 1577–1644, Flemish physician, chemist, and physicist. He attributed physiological changes to chemical causes, but his conclusions...Helst, Bartholomeus van der
(Encyclopedia)Helst, Bartholomeus van der bärˌtōlōmāˈəs vän dər hĕlst [key], 1613–70, Dutch portrait painter. In Amsterdam the wealthy citizens preferred his flattering, tasteful portraits to those of R...Heyden, Jan van der
(Encyclopedia)Heyden, Jan van der yän vän dər hīˈdən [key], 1637–1712, Dutch architectural and landscape painter. He worked chiefly in Amsterdam. His charming pictures of towns, buildings, and public square...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 ...Dyck, Sir Anthony van
(Encyclopedia)Dyck, Sir Anthony van: see Van Dyck, Sir Anthony. ...Browse by Subject
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