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Waals, Johannes Diderik van der
(Encyclopedia)Waals, Johannes Diderik van der: see van der Waals, Johannes Diderik. ...Athlone, Godart van Ginkel, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Athlone, Godart van Ginkel, 1st earl of: see Ginkel, Godart van. ...Keppel, Arnold Joost van
(Encyclopedia)Keppel, Arnold Joost van: see Albemarle, Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st earl of. ...Meulen, Adam Frans van der
(Encyclopedia)Meulen, Adam Frans van der äˈdäm fräns vän dĕr mölˈən [key], c.1632–1690, Flemish painter of battle scenes and portraits. He was invited to Paris c.1665 and accompanied Louis XIV on militar...Mieris
(Encyclopedia)Mieris mēˈrĭs [key], family of Dutch genre and portrait painters of Leiden. Frans van Mieris, 1635–81, the most important, was the son of a goldsmith and pupil of Gerard Dou. His tiny, meticulous...Dutch art
(Encyclopedia)Dutch art, the art of the region that is now the Netherlands. As a distinct national style, this art dates from about the turn of the 17th cent., when the country emerged as a political entity and dev...Hoek van Holland
(Encyclopedia)Hoek van Holland ho͝ok vän hôlˈänt [key] or Hook of Holland, district of Rotterdam, W Netherlands, on the North Sea. It is an outer port of Rotterdam, with which it is connected by the New Waterw...Doesburg, Theo van
(Encyclopedia)Doesburg, Theo van tāˈō vän do͞osˈbûrg [key], 1883–1931, Dutch painter, teacher, and writer. Together with Mondrian he founded the magazine De Stijl and successfully proselytized in Europe fo...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...Bynkershoek, Cornelius van
(Encyclopedia)Bynkershoek, Cornelius van kôrnāˈlĭs vän bĭngˈkərs-ho͞ok [key], 1673–1743, Dutch writer on international law. His De dominio maris [on the rule of the seas] (1702, tr. 1923) is a classic on...Browse by Subject
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