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(Encyclopedia) Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen: see Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen. ...

(Encyclopedia) Van der Weyden, Roger: see Weyden, Roger van der. ...

(Encyclopedia) Roger van der Weyden: see Weyden, Roger van der. ...

(Encyclopedia) Honthorst, Gerrit van gĕrˈĭt vän hōntˈhôrst [key], 1590–1656, Dutch portrait, genre, and allegorical painter. In Italy (c.1610–1620) he gained a sound understanding of the works of Caravagg...

(Encyclopedia) Van der Goes, Hugo: see Goes, Hugo van der. ...

(Encyclopedia) Keppel, Arnold Joost van: see Albemarle, Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lucas van Leyden lüˈkäs vän līˈdən [key], 1494–1533, Dutch historical and genre painter and engraver. With Lucas, Dutch painting of scenes from daily life may be said to begin. His art is not...

(Encyclopedia) Helst, Bartholomeus van der bärˌtōlōmāˈəs vän dər hĕlst [key], 1613–70, Dutch portrait painter. In Amsterdam the wealthy citizens preferred his flattering, tasteful portraits to those of R...

(Encyclopedia) Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck, 1899–1980, American physicist, b. Middletown, Conn., Ph.D. Harvard, 1922. As a professor at Harvard, Van Vleck developed fundamental theories on the quantum mechanics of m...

(Encyclopedia) van Dyke, Henry, 1852–1933, American clergyman, educator, and author, b. Germantown, Pa., grad. Princeton, 1873, and Princeton Theological Seminary, 1874. He was pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Chu...