Jacob Jordaens

Jacob Jordaens

male, deceased (1678)
guild of painter, rubens, flanders, flemish, Baroque painter, chiaroscuro
Jacob Jordaens (May 19, 1593 - October 18, 1678), was a Flemish painter, born in Antwerp. Like Rubens, he studied under Adam van Noort. A marriage...
Fientje Moerman

Fientje Moerman

female, 51 years old
flemish, belgian, liberal, politician
Joséphine Rebecca Marie Julienne Bertha "Fientje" Moerman is a Belgian liberal politician.
Gerard David

Gerard David

male, deceased (1523)
Early Netherlandish painter, utrecht, van eyck, Oudewater, Church of Our Lady, Church of Our Lady, Bruges…flemish
Gerard David (c. 1460, Oudewater - August 13th 1523, Bruges) was an early Dutch Renaissance artist known for his brilliant use of color
Hugo van der Goes

Hugo van der Goes

male, deceased (1482)
artists' guild, Early Netherlandish painter, bruges, flemish, Medici, ghent
Hugo van der Goes (c. 1440-1482) was a Flemish painter. Born in Ghent, he entered the artists' guild there in 1467. He was later elected dean of...
Frank Vanhecke

Frank Vanhecke

male, 50 years old
Frank Arthur Hyppolite Vanhecke, From bruges, Vlaams Belang, vlaams blok, Member of Vlaams Belang, Belgian senate…flemish
Frank Arthur Hyppolite Vanhecke (born 30 May, 1959 in Brugge) started his career in Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong...
Robert Campin

Robert Campin

male, deceased (1444)
Early Netherlandish painter, postmodernist theory, Northern Renaissance, realistic, flemish, rogier van der weyden…Flemish homos, Flemish painting, masters of the Flemish
Robert Campin (1375 - April 26, 1444) is sometimes considered the first great master of Flemish painting. Although heavily indebted to contemporary...
Gerardus Mercator

Gerardus Mercator

male, deceased (1594)
Mercator chart, Leuven alumni before 1968, Duchy of Cleves, 's-Hertogenbosch, duchy of Julich, Rupelmonde…flemish
Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish cartographer. He was born in Rupelmonde in East Flanders in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation to parents...
Pieter Brueghel The Elder

Pieter Brueghel The Elder

male, deceased (1569)
Renaissance painter, Netherlandish, Low Countries, bruegel, Renaissance, flanders…flemish, Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting
Pieter Brueghel the Elder or Bruegel was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (Genre...
Early Netherlandish Painting

Early Netherlandish Painting

male
International Gothic, late Gothic, dutch, van eyck, Middle Ages, Low Countries…flemish art, flemish
Early Netherlandish painting is a term art historians use to designate the work of a group of painters who were active primarily in the Low...
Kris Peeters

Kris Peeters

male, 47 years old
flanders, Small and medium enterprise, Puurs, Christian Democratic and Flemish, Belgian Chamber of Representatives, Member of Christian Democratic and Flemish…flemish, Flemish Government
Kris Peeters (May 18, 1962) is a Flemish politician and member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party who is currently Minister-President of...