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Weyden, Roger van der
(Encyclopedia)Weyden, Roger van der vän dər vīˈdən [key], c.1400–1464, major early Flemish master, known also as Roger de la Pasture. He is believed to have studied with Robert Campin. His early works also s...van der Waals equation
(Encyclopedia)van der Waals equation: see gas laws. ...van der Waals forces
(Encyclopedia)van der Waals forces: see intermolecular forces. ...Faes, Pieter van der
(Encyclopedia)Faes, Pieter van der: see Lely, Sir Peter. ...Memling, Hans
(Encyclopedia)Memling or Memlinc, Hans häns mĕmˈlĭng, –lĭngk [key], c.1430–1494, Flemish religious and portrait painter, b. Germany. He may have studied with Roger van der Weyden in Brussels, but after 146...Christus, Petrus
(Encyclopedia)Christus or Cristus, Petrus both: pēˈtrəs krĭsˈtəs [key], fl. 1444–c.1473, Flemish painter; a follower and probably a pupil of the Van Eycks. In 1444 he became a free citizen of Bruges, where ...Bouts, Dierick
(Encyclopedia)Bouts, Dierick, Dirk, or Thierry dēˈrĭk, dĭrk, tyĕˈrē bouts [key], c.1420–1475, early Netherlandish painter, b. Haarlem, active in Louvain. Bouts was influenced by Roger van der Weyden, the v...Marnix, Philip van
(Encyclopedia)Marnix, Philip van fēˈlĭp vän märˈnĭks [key], 1540–98, Flemish patriot, lord of Sainte-Aldegonde. He became a Calvinist in his youth and was the chief author of the Compromise of Breda (1566;...Velde, van de
(Encyclopedia)Velde, van de vän 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 van de Velde, c.1591...Lely, Sir Peter
(Encyclopedia)Lely, Sir Peter lēˈlē [key], 1618–80, Dutch portrait painter in England. His original name was Pieter van der Faes. He studied in Haarlem but worked in England from c.1643. After the death of Van...Browse by Subject
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