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Andries
Andries is a Dutch and Afrikaans masculine given name or surname equivalent to Andrew. Given name People with this name include * Andries van Artvelt (1590–1652), Flemish painter * Andries Beeckman (1628–1664), Dutch painter * Andries Bekker (born 1983), South African rugby player * Andries Benedetti (1615–1669), Flemish Baroque painter. * Andries Bicker (1586–1652), Dutch merchant, leader of the Arminians, and VOC administrator * Andries Boelens (1455–1519), Dutch mayor of Amsterdam * Andries Bonger (1861–1936), Dutch artist, brother-in-law of Vincent van Gogh * Andries Bosman (1621–1681), Flemish priest and painter, * Andries Both (1612–1642), Dutch genre painter * Andries Botha (c. 1800–c. 1870), South African leader of the Khoi people * Andries Botha (born 1952), South African artist and political activist * Andries Brink (1877–1947), South African military commander * Andries Brouwer (born 1951), Dutch mathematician and computer programmer * Andries Burger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries De Graeff
Andries de Graeff (19 February 1611 – 30 November 1678) was a powerful member of the Amsterdam branch of the De Graeff - family during the Dutch Golden Age. He became a mayor of Amsterdam and a powerful Amsterdam regent after the death of his older brother Cornelis de Graeff. Like him and their father Jacob Dircksz de Graeff he opposed the house of Orange. In the mid-17th century, during the First Stadtholderless Period, they controlled the finances and politics. Andries de Graeff followed in his father's and brother's footsteps and, between 1657 and 1672, was appointed mayor some seven times. He was a member of a family of regents who belonged to the republican political movement also referred to as the ‘state oriented’, the Dutch States Party, as opposed to the Royalists. Andries was called the last mayor from the dynasty of the "Graven", who was powerful and able enough to ruled the city of Amsterdam. De Graeff was an Imperial Knight of the Holy Roman Empire, an Ambac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Boelens
Andries Boelens (Amsterdam, 1455 – there, 1519), also: ''Boelenz'', ''Boelensz., Andries Boel Dircksz.'' or ''Andries Boelen Dircksz'', was an alderman and mayor of Amsterdam. In the period from 1496 to 1517 he was mayor fifteen times. The term of his office is the first to be characterized as a period with a rather closed government elite. Because of this he was one of the founders of the Amsterdam oligarchy. Boelens is considered the progenitor of the Amsterdam regents of the Dutch Golden Age such as the De Graeff and Bicker families who largely claimed descent and their political legality from him. Biography Family Boelens Andries Boelens was the most illustrious member of the Boelens, a wealthy and important patrician family of Amsterdam. He was the son of Boel Dirck Boelens, who was mayor of Amsterdam from 1470 and died there in 1483, and Lijsbeth (Elisabeth) Allertsdr, died 1 September 1482. Andries' grandfather Dirck Boelens was mayor of Amsterdam three times, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Bicker
Andries Bicker, ''lord of Engelenburg'' (Amsterdam, 1586 – 24 June 1652) was a powerful Amsterdam regent and Dutch politician during the Dutch Golden Age. He was the leader of the Bickerse league and controlled the city's politics in close cooperation with his uncle Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and his brother Cornelis Bicker. The Bicker-De Graeff clan belonged to the Dutch States Party and were in opposition to the House of Orange. Biography Bicker family The Bicker family was one of the oldest patrician families of Amsterdam and belonged to the leading regent-oligarchy – consisting of Andries' father Gerrit Bicker, a wealthy patrician, politician, grain merchant and beer brewer, and his three brothers, Jacob, Jan and Cornelis Bicker had a firm grip on world trade, trading on the East, the West, the North and the Mediterranean. Andries' uncle Laurens Bicker was one of the first to trade on Guinea and seized four Portuguese ships in 1604. Andries Bicker was married to Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Van Eertvelt
Andries van Eertvelt (1590 – 1652), was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver who was one of the first Flemish artists to specialize in marine art. Several of his pupils also became prominent marine artists.Andries van Eertvelt at the Life Andries van Eertvelt was born in and baptized in the on 25 March 1590. There is ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Van Artvelt
Andries van Eertvelt (1590 – 1652), was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver who was one of the first Flemish artists to specialize in marine art. Several of his pupils also became prominent marine artists.Andries van Eertvelt at the Life Andries van Eertvelt was born in and baptized in the on 25 March 1590. The ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Danielsz
Andries DanielsPh. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius (eds.), ''De liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche sint Lucasgilde'' Volume 2, Antwerp, 1864, pp. 408, 418 ( c. 1580 – after 1640) was a Flemish who was active in Antwerp during the first half of the 17th century. He is known for his flower still lifes and garland paintings, a genre of still life paintings that he helped develop in Antwerp. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Benedetti
Andries Benedetti (c. 1615 – c. 1669) was a Flemish still life painter mainly active in Antwerp who is known for his fruit still lifes and pronkstillevens.Andries Benedetti at the Life Little is known about the life of Andries Benedetti. The statement by an art historian that he was born in in Italy is not corroborated by evidence. The first firm record on the artist dates from 1636 when he was registered at the Antwerp |
Andries Bosman
Andries Bosman or Andries Bosmans (Antwerp, 1621 – Rome, c. 1681) was a Flemish priest and painter, who specialized in flower paintings and was mainly active in Antwerp and Rome. He was particularly known for collaborative paintings in which he painted flower garlands around religious scenes or portraits painted by a specialist figure painter.Frans Jozef Peter Van den Branden, ''Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche schilderschool'', Antwerpen, 1883, p. 1134 Andries Bosman at the Life Only very little is known about the life and artistic training of Andries Bosman. He was baptized in Antwerp's St George Church on 28 July 162 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Bekker
Andries Bekker (born 5 December 1983 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the Springbok rugby team as well as Kobelco Steelers in the Japanese Top League. Playing career Bekker made his South African debut in 2008 against Wales in a 43–17 victory in Bloemfontein. At 6'11" he is one of the tallest international rugby players, but he only made the Springbok side regularly after the retirement of locks Bakkies Botha and Victor Matfield Victor Matfield (born 11 May 1977) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He played for and South African rugby union captains, captained the South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa national team (Springboks) as .... He is the son of former Springbok International Hennie Bekker who was also a lock. Holding the record for being the tallest Springbok in history, Andries Bekker was an imposing figure in the DHL Stormers lineout. Despite his large physique, he is blessed with mob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Botha (politician)
Field Cornet Andries Botha was an influential leader of the Khoi people of Kat River, Cape Colony. Early life Little is known about his childhood. However, he was probably born at the end of the 1700s, and as a young man in the 1830s he was recorded as a powerful leader of the Gonaqua ("Gona") Khoi at the Kat River Settlements. In 1834, the Surveyor General of the Cape Colony, W.F.Hertzog, recorded him as having originally arrived at Kat River in 1829, among the followers of Khoi leader Kobus Boezak who had migrated from Theopolis. The young Andries Botha and his community immediately split from Boezak's group and settled on the banks of the Buxton River - a Kat River tributary - where Botha built his farming estate. He was at one time the acknowledged civilian & military leader of the entire Kat River region. He had a troubled family life. He lost his first wife in 1841, in a background of family strife. He eventually remarried, to a widow with whom he was extremely happy. Howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Bonger
Andries Bonger (20 May 1861 – 20 January 1936) was a Dutch art collector, as well as Johanna van Gogh-Bonger's brother and Theo van Gogh's friend, who later became his brother-in-law. Relationship with Theo In December 1879, after finishing a course at the Amsterdam Trade School, Bonger traveled to Paris to work at Geo Wehry, a commodity trading firm that focused on tobacco, coffee, tea, and rubber. In 1881, he became librarian at the Hollandsche Club, an expatriate club in Paris, where he became friends with Theo van Gogh. He later introduced his sister Jo to Theo; they married in Amsterdam in 1889, but he and his wife did not attend the wedding because he thought the wedding cost too much and they could not afford to travel. Through Theo, he knew Vincent van Gogh, who called him "André" in letters. In a letter that Bonger wrote to his parents on March 31, 1885, he describes Theo van Gogh as having received unexpected news the prior week that his father had died due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Ferreira
Andries Stephanus Ferreira (born 29 March 1990) is a South African rugby union player for the US Carcassonne in the Pro D2. His regular playing position is lock. Career Youth and Varsity Cup rugby Ferreira went to Despatch High School in his home town of Despatch and was selected to represent Eastern Province at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournaments in 2005 and 2006. He then moved to Pretoria, where he finished his schooling at Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool. He was selected in the squad that played at the Under-18 Craven Week competition in 2008; at the conclusion of that tournament, he was also included in a South African Under-18 Elite Squad and was included in the South Africa Schools squad for 2008. He was also named in the squad that played in the Under-19 Provincial Championship later that year. He was once again included in the Under-19 squad for their 2009 campaign, as well as appearing for them at Under-21 level in the same season. In 2010, Ferreira made one appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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