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Portrait of The Regentesses of the Old Men's Almshouse Haarlem (c. 1664) by Frans Hals. The Regentesses of the Old Men's Almshouse Haarlem is a regents group portrait of four regentesses and their servant painted by Frans Hals, c. 1664, for the Oude Mannenhuis in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It forms a pendant with the Regents of the Old Men's ...
Bookmate is a social ebook subscription service, available primarily on mobile, with catalogues in 9 languages. [2] The mobile app is supported on iOS , Android , Windows Phone and feature phones , and the service is also available in a web version.
Frans van Stampart [1] (born in Antwerp 12 June 1675 – died 3 April 1750 in Vienna) was a Flemish portrait painter, printmaker and publisher.The artist established a reputation as a portraitist of European rulers, aristocrats and higher clergy.
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Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (14 December 1923 – 8 April 2006) was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon Gerard van het Reve and adopted the shorter Gerard Reve [ˈɣeːrɑrt ˈreːvə] in 1973. [1] Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch post-war ...
1963: Kinderboek van het Jaar (Children's book of the Year, the predecessor of the Gouden Griffel) for De brief voor de koning [6] 1971: Nienke van Hichtum-prijs for Torenhoog en mijlenbreed [ 19 ] 1976: Staatsprijs voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuur (the highest award in the Dutch language area for a youth author, can be won only once per author ...
Jan Frans van Douven, or Johan Francois Douven (2 March 1656, in Roermond – 1727, in Düsseldorf) was a Southern Netherlandish portrait painter belonging to the Dutch Leyden School. Born in Roermond , he spent most of his life as Court painter in Düsseldorf, now in Germany, where he created most of his works.
Van Daele joined the Belgian Foreign Service in 1971. His career has included several bilateral and multilateral assignments. After a first term at his country's Permanent Mission to the European Union (1973–77), he served in Athens as First Secretary (1977–81) and in Rome as Minister-Counselor (1986–89).