Jeanne De Loos-Haaxman

picture info	Jeanne De Loos-Haaxman Jeanne Maria Cornelia de Loos-Haaxman (3 November 1881 – 1 May 1976) was a Dutch art historian and writer.Sorensen, Lee, ed. "Loos-Haaxman, Jeanne de,." Dictionary of Art Historians. 22 Apr 2020 http://www.arthistorians.info/looshaaxmanj. Biography Jeanne Maria Cornelia de Loos was born in 1881 as the youngest daughter of journalist Pieter Anne Haaxman (1847–1935) and his wife Janetta Maria Wijnkamp of The Hague, Netherlands. Jeanne's grandfather was the Delft painter Pieter Alardus Haaxman. (Note: A related Dutch painter, Pieter Haaxman (1854–1937), was Jeanne's cousin, and he is sometimes confused with Jeanne's father who has a similar name.) Jeanne was trained at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague where she obtained certificates in drawing and art history. In addition, because of her anatomical drafting skills learned at the Anatomical Laboratory, she enrolled on 24 September 1902 at Leiden University to study medicine. In 1909 she married the lawyer Wolter de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital. The Hague is also the capital of the province of South Holland, and the city hosts both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Hague is the core municipality of the Greater The Hague urban area, which comprises the city itself and its suburban municipalities, containing over 800,000 people, making it the third-largest urban area in the Netherlands, again after the urban areas of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.6&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Knight Orange Nassau AEAColl A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the Christian denomination, church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Ancient Greece, Greek ''hippeis'' and ''hoplite'' (ἱππεῖς) and Ancient Rome, Roman ''Equites, eques'' and ''centurion'' of classical antiquity. In the Early Middle Ages in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon Equestrianism, mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect Court (royal), courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter or a bodyguard for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in Horses in warfare, battle on horseback. Knighthood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]