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Maarten Peeters
Maarten Peeters or Marten Peeters van Ghelle ( – 1566) was a Flemish painter, print publisher and dealer active in Antwerp. Peeters was born in Geel, Duchy of Brabant, around 1500. He was also called Martinus Petri, Merten Peters, and Marteen van Gheele. He moved to Antwerp, where he was active as a painter, print publisher and dealer. He was a member of the guild of traders (''Meerseniers'') in 1524/25. The following year he was reported as part of Antwerp's Guild of Saint Luke as a painter. He was the guild's dean in 1533, 1546, 1558. He was dean five times overall between 1533 and 1559. His son, Maarten II, was reported as ''wijnmeester'', i.e. son of a master. He was active as a publisher in the 1550s and 1560s. He was particularly interested in French and Italian art. He published plates after Francesco Primaticcio and works of Flemish artists influenced by the Italian style, and, among other things, republished nearly all the plates by Lucas van Leyden. He became the leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philips Galles Print Of Judith
Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters is still in Eindhoven. Philips was formerly one of the largest electronics companies in the world, but is currently focused on the area of health technology, having divested its other divisions. The company was founded in 1891 by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik, with their first products being light bulbs. It currently employs around 80,000 people across 100 countries. The company gained its royal honorary title (hence the ''Koninklijke'') in 1998 and dropped the "Electronics" in its name in 2013, due to its refocusing from consumer electronics to healthcare technology. Philips is organized into three main divisions: Personal Health (formerly Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care), Connecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
