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Maria Adeline Alice Schweistal or Fanny Psicha (1864–1950), Belgium-born Dutch painter; Suze Slager-Velsen (1883–1964), painter; Carolein Smit (born 1960), ceramic art sculptor; Maria Geertruida Snabilie (1776–1838), painter; Ellen Spijkstra (born 1957), ceramic artist; Adriana Spilberg (1652–1700), Dutch Golden Age painter
This legend is the Dutch adaptation of the Latin, Dialogus Miraculorum of 1223 and Libri Octo Miraculorum of 1237. [12] Mariken van Nieumeghen is an early 16th century Dutch text that tells the story of Mariken who is seduced by the devil (named Moenen). He promises to teach her all the languages of the world and the 7 arts (music, arithmetic ...
The Dutch Maiden (Dutch: Nederlandse Maagd, Latin: Belgica or Belgia) is a national personification of the Low Countries and - sometime after the secession of the Southern Netherlands - solely of the Dutch Republic, and its successor state the Netherlands. [1] She is typically depicted wearing a Roman garment and with a lion, the Leo Belgicus ...
The elegant gentleman wears a coat, waistcoat, and breeches. The lady's bodice is long-waisted and her over skirt is draped and pinned up behind, Dutch, 1678 . Fashion in the period 1650–1700 in Western clothing is characterized by rapid change. The style of this era is known as Baroque.
Antonia Johanna Dragt, better known as Tonke Dragt, was born in 1930 in Batavia on the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta in Indonesia) as the eldest daughter of a Dutch insurance agent based in Batavia. Dragt was initially called "Tonneke" (Dutch for 'tubby'), a name she disliked "because I was tall and thin". [1] She attended the Nassau School. [1]
African wax prints, Dutch wax prints [1] [2] or Ankara, [3] are a type of common material for clothing in West Africa. They were introduced to West Africans by Dutch merchants during the 19th century, who took inspiration from native Indonesian batik designs. [4] They began to adapt their designs and colours to suit the tastes of the African ...
Tone King is a manufacturer of vacuum tube guitar amplifiers and stand-alone attenuators located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Tone King was founded by Mark Bartel in 1993 in Kingston, New York, after studying vintage fender amplifiers with blues guitarist Ben Prevo. [1] In 1994 Mark moved the company to Baltimore.
Dutch furniture craftsman Gerrit Jensen was appointed royal Cabinet Maker to the king and queen, and a great many works of his design were sold to wealthy British citizens of the day. [7] In Britain, case furniture [b] in the William and Mary style tended to feature simple flat surfaces but exquisitely carved trim. [1]