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Leendert Van Der Cooghen
Leendert van der Cooghen ( Haarlem, 9 May 1632 – Haarlem, 18 February 1681) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker. An amateur artist of independent means, he left a small oeuvre of which his drawings represent the major portion.B.J.L. Coenen, 'The drawings of the Haarlem amateur Leendert van der Cooghen', Master Drawings 43 (2005), p. 5-90 Recognised by his fellow artists, he was admitted to the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1652.Leendert van der Cooghen, ''Seated old man'' at the Harvard Art Museums Life Leendert van der Cooghen was born in Haarlem on 9 May 1632 as the son of the Flemish flax merchant Jacob Adriaensz. van der Cooghen and Agneta Casteleyns Leenaerdtsdochter, from the well-to-do van Beeresteyn family in Haarlem.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe; it is also part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area, being located about 15 km to the west of the core city of Amsterdam. Haarlem had a population of in . Haarlem was granted city status or '' stadsrechten'' in 1245, although the first city walls were not built until 1270. The modern city encompasses the former municipality of Schoten as well as parts that previously belonged to Bloemendaal and Heemstede. Apart from the city, the municipality of Haarlem also includes the western part of the village of Spaarndam. Newer sections of Spaarndam lie within the neighbouring municipality of Haarlemmermeer. Geography Haarlem is located on the river Spaarne, giving it its nickname 'Spaarnestad' (Spaarne city). It is situated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leendert Van Der Cooghen - The Doubting Thomas - 81 - Mauritshuis
Leendert is a Dutch given name. Notable people with this name include: * Leendert van Beijeren (1619–1649), Dutch painter * Leendert Bosch (1924–2017), Dutch biochemist * Leen Buis (1906–1986), Dutch road cyclist, given name Leendert * Leendert van der Cooghen (1632–1681), Dutch painter * Leendert van Dis (born 1944), Dutch rower * Leendert Antonie Donker (1899–1956), Dutch politician * Leendert Ginjaar (1928–2003), Dutch politician * Leendert Hasenbosch (c. 1695–c.1725), Dutch castaway * Len Hoogerbrug (1929–2019), New Zealand architect * Leendert Konijn (1899–1977), Dutch entrepreneur in Dutch East Indies * Leendert Krol (born 1939), Dutch field hockey player * Leendert de Koningh (1777–1849), Dutch painter * Leendert de Lange (born 1972), Dutch politician * Leendert van der Meulen (1937–2015), Dutch cyclist * Leendert Pieter de Neufville (1729–1797), Dutch banker * Leendert van Oosten (1884–1936), Dutch wrestler * Leendert Rojer, Curaçaoan po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Hals Museum
The Frans Hals Museum (formerly ''Stedelijk Museum van Haarlem'') is a museum in the North Holland city of Haarlem, the Netherlands, founded in 1862, known as the Art Museum of Haarlem. Its collection is based on the city's own rich collection, built up from the 16th century onwards. The museum owns hundreds of paintings, including more than a dozen by Frans Hals, to whom the museum owes its name. The Frans Hals Museum has two historic locations in Haarlem city centre: the main location on Groot Heiligland and Location Hal on Grote Markt, composed of the adjacent 17th-century Vleeshal and 19th-century Verweyhal. On Groot Heiligland is the 17th-century Oudemannenhuis with regent's rooms. It houses the famous paintings by Frans Hals and other ancient, modern and contemporary art, as well as the museum café. Location Hal regularly hosts exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. History of the Oudemannenhuis The Haarlem Old Men's Almhouse (''Oudemannenhuis)'' was a hofje founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritshuis
The Mauritshuis (; en, Maurice House) is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection contains works by Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Hans Holbein the Younger, and others. Originally, the 17th-century building was the residence of count John Maurice of Nassau. It is now the property of the government of the Netherlands and is listed in the top 100 Dutch heritage sites. History In 1631, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, a cousin of stadtholder Frederick Henry, bought a plot bordering the Binnenhof and the adjacent Hofvijver pond in The Hague, at that time the political centre of the Dutch Republic. On the plot, the Mauritshuis was built as a home between 1636 and 1641, during John Maurice's governorship of Dutch Brazil. The Dutch Classicist building was designed by the Dutch arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) from Johannes de Haan, who introduced him to engraving. After two years he then studied art with Willem van Drielenburch, who he was with during the rampjaar, the year 1672. He then studied 9 months with Jacobus Leveck and finally, four years with Samuel van Hoogstraten. In 1685 he married Sara Sasbout, and around 1709 he moved from Dordrecht to Amsterdam. Arnold Houbraken painted mythological and religious paintings, portraits and landscapes. He is best known for the art historical work ''The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters'' (1718–1721). When he died his son Jacob assisted his mother with the last proofs of the manuscript before publishing. His first attempt at an instructive manual for artists was his Emblem book, ''Inhoud van 't Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leendert Van Der Cooghen - Mars Seen From Behind
Leendert is a Dutch given name. Notable people with this name include: * Leendert van Beijeren (1619–1649), Dutch painter * Leendert Bosch (1924–2017), Dutch biochemist * Leen Buis (1906–1986), Dutch road cyclist, given name Leendert * Leendert van der Cooghen (1632–1681), Dutch painter * Leendert van Dis (born 1944), Dutch rower * Leendert Antonie Donker (1899–1956), Dutch politician * Leendert Ginjaar (1928–2003), Dutch politician * Leendert Hasenbosch (c. 1695–c.1725), Dutch castaway * Len Hoogerbrug (1929–2019), New Zealand architect * Leendert Konijn (1899–1977), Dutch entrepreneur in Dutch East Indies * Leendert Krol (born 1939), Dutch field hockey player * Leendert de Koningh (1777–1849), Dutch painter * Leendert de Lange (born 1972), Dutch politician * Leendert van der Meulen (1937–2015), Dutch cyclist * Leendert Pieter de Neufville (1729–1797), Dutch banker * Leendert van Oosten (1884–1936), Dutch wrestler * Leendert Rojer, Curaçaoan po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grote Kerk, Haarlem
The Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk is a Reformed Protestant church and former Catholic cathedral located on the central market square ( Grote Markt) in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Another Haarlem church called the Cathedral of Saint Bavo now serves as the main cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam. History This church is an important landmark for the city of Haarlem and has dominated the city skyline for centuries. It is built in the Gothic style of architecture, and it became the main church of Haarlem after renovations in the 15th century made it significantly larger than the Janskerk (Haarlem). First mention of a church on this spot was made in 1307, but the wooden structure burned in the 14th century.Rijksmonument report The church was rebuilt and promoted to chapter church in 1479 and only became a cathedral in 1559. The main architects were Godevaert de Bosscher and Steven van Afflighem (nave), and Evert van Antwerpen (transept). The term "Catholic" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford English Dictionary
The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED'') is the first and foundational historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and academic researchers, as well as describing usage in its many variations throughout the world. Work began on the dictionary in 1857, but it was only in 1884 that it began to be published in unbound fascicles as work continued on the project, under the name of ''A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological Society''. In 1895, the title ''The Oxford English Dictionary'' was first used unofficially on the covers of the series, and in 1928 the full dictionary was republished in 10 bound volumes. In 1933, the title ''The Oxford English Dictionary'' fully replaced the former name in all occurrences in its reprinting as 12 volumes with a one-v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a highly inflected language, with three distinct genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven noun cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative, and vocative), five declensions, four verb conjuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
