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Mabuse, Jan de
(Encyclopedia)Mabuse, Jan de: see Gossart, Jan. ...Huysmans, Jan Baptist
(Encyclopedia)Huysmans, Jan Baptist: see under Huysmans, Cornelis. ...Huysum, Jan van
(Encyclopedia)Huysum, Jan van yän vän hoiˈso͝om [key], 1682–1749, Dutch painter of still life and landscapes. His father was Justus van Huysum (1659–1716), a successful landscape and genre painter of Amster...De Witt, Jan
(Encyclopedia)De Witt, Jan: see Witt, Jan de.Dusek, Jan Ladislav
(Encyclopedia)Dusek, Jan Ladislav yän läˈdēsläf do͞oˈshĕk [key], 1760–1812, Czech pianist and composer; pupil of C. P. E. Bach. One of the earliest piano virtuosi, he was famous for his lyrical touch in s...De Mabuse, Jan
(Encyclopedia)De Mabuse, Jan: see Gossart, Jan. ...Dombrowski, Jan Henryk
(Encyclopedia)Dombrowski, Jan Henryk: see Dąbrowski. ...Dąbrowski, Jan Henryk
(Encyclopedia)Dąbrowski, Jan Henryk yän hĕnˈrĭk dôNbrôfˈskē [key], 1755–1818, Polish general. He distinguished himself in the insurrection led by Kosciusko in 1794. After its failure he went to France an...Schoreel, Jan van
(Encyclopedia)Schoreel, Jan van: see Scorel, Jan van. ...Scorel, Jan van
(Encyclopedia)Scorel, Jan van yän vän skōˈrəl [key], 1495–1562, Dutch portrait and religious painter, influenced by Gossaert in Utrecht and by Dürer in Nuremberg. About 1521 he visited Palestine and later R...Browse by Subject
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