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Geertgen Man Van Smarten
Geertgen is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Geertgen tot Sint Jans ( 1465– 1495), Early Netherlandish painter * Geertgen Wyntges (1636–1712), Dutch Golden Age flower painter See also * Geertsen {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Geertsen is a common Family Name in the Netherlands. As a result of the migration of a small Dutch community to Denmark in the 16th or 17th century, it is also in use in Denmark (where it is not to be confused ... {{given name Dutch masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geertgen Tot Sint Jans
Geertgen tot Sint Jans (c. 1465 – c. 1495), also known as Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerrit van Haarlem, Gerrit Gerritsz, Gheertgen, Geerrit, Gheerrit, or any other diminutive form of Gerald, was an Early Netherlandish painter from the northern Low Countries in the Holy Roman Empire. No contemporary documentation of his life has been traced, and the earliest published account of his life and work is from 1604, in Karel van Mander's '' Schilder-boeck''. According to van Mander, Geertgen was probably a pupil of Albert van Ouwater, one of the first oil painters in the northern Low Countries. Both painters lived in the city of Haarlem, where Geertgen was attached to the house of the Knights of Saint John, perhaps as a lay brother, for whom he painted an altarpiece. In van Mander's book he states that Geertgen took the name of St. John without joining the order, thus his last name "tot Sint Jans" was derived from the order's name and means "unto Saint John". Biography Though van Mand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geertgen Wyntges
Geertgen Wyntges (1636, Delft – 1712, Delft), was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter who assisted the painter Maria van Oosterwijck. Biography According to Houbraken she was the servant of Maria Oosterwyk in Amsterdam who helped her mix her paints.Geertgen Wyntges Biography in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the While Houbraken was working on his book, the painter |
Geertsen
{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Geertsen is a common Family Name in the Netherlands. As a result of the migration of a small Dutch community to Denmark in the 16th or 17th century, it is also in use in Denmark (where it is not to be confused with the Danish Gertsen). The ''Geertsens'' initially settled on the island of Amager along with the rest of the Dutch emigrants. Here they farmed for the nearby Danish capital of Copenhagen, while interacting mainly with the rest of the Dutch community. Later on they spread to other parts of the country, including to the cities of Randers and Ringsted. In Denmark today there live about 700-800 persons with the last name ''Geertsen''. These include politicians Pelle Christy Geertsen and Martin Geertsen. Pelle Christy Geertsen is a board member and former spokesperson of the Danish June Movement. Martin Geertsen is one of the mayors of the Danish Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of prima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
