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Antwerp
Antwerp , Du. Antwerpen, Fr. Anvers, province (1991 pop. 1,605,167), 1,104 sq mi (2,859 sq km), N Belgium, bordering on the Netherlands in the north. Antwerp (the provincial capital) and Mechelen are the chief cities. The province is largely a flat, cultivated plain, drained by the Scheldt R... Read more
Antwerp
Antwerp Du. Antwerpen, Fr. Anvers, city (1991 pop. 467,518), capital of Antwerp prov., N Belgium, on the Scheldt River. It is one of the busiest ports in Europe; a commercial, industrial, and financial center; and a rail junction. The city is linked with industrial E Belgium (especially Li&egr... Read more
Hoboken
Hoboken , section of Antwerp , Antwerp prov., N Belgium, on the Scheldt River. It has large shipyards and wool-processing plants. A former industrial suburb of Antwerp, it was annexed by Antwerp in 1983. ... Read more
Marten de Vos
Marten de Vos , c.1536-1603, Flemish painter. He studied with Floris in Antwerp and is said to have assisted Tintoretto in Venice. In 1558 he returned to Antwerp after seven years in Italy. Vos was a mannerist and painted chiefly ambitious figure compositions in imitation of the Venetians. Character... Read more
Hieronymus Cock
Hieronymus Cock , 1510-70, Flemish painter and engraver. In Antwerp he was the first great publisher of prints and made numerous plates after Bruegel, Bosch, and Floris. ... Read more
Francken
Francken or Franck , family of Flemish painters in the 16th and 17th cent. Prominent members were Hieronymus Francken, c.1540-1610, student of Frans Floris, who worked mainly in Antwerp in a classicist style; his brother Frans Francken, c.1542-1616, also a student of Floris, whose altarpiece... Read more
Albert Canal
Albert Canal waterway, c.80 mi (130 km) long, N Belgium, from the Meuse River to the Scheldt River; constructed 1930-39. The canal connects the important industrial region around Liège with the port of Antwerp , Belgium. ... Read more
Gustave Wappers, Baron
Gustave Wappers, Baron , 1803-74, Belgian historical and genre painter. For many years director of the Antwerp Academy, he introduced the romantic school into Belgium. The last 15 years of his life were spent in Paris. His most famous work is Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830 (Brussels). ... Read more
Hendrik van Balen
Hendrik van Balen , 1575-1632, Flemish painter, b. Antwerp. Van Balen usually provided the figures for scenes in which another painter, frequently Jan Brueghel, designed the landscape settings. A minor artist, van Balen is noted mainly for his mythological scenes, of which Landscape with Two Nymphs... Read more
Denis Calvaert
Denis Calvaert , 1540-1619, Flemish mannerist painter in Italy, where he was known as Il Fiammingo. He studied in Antwerp and later in Bologna under Prospero Fontana. While a student he assisted in the execution of frescoes in the Vatican. On returning to Bologna he established a school, where he ta... Read more

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Antwerp
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Antwerp Du. Antwerpen, Fr. Anvers, city (1991 pop. 467,518), capital of Antwerp prov., N Belgium, on the Scheldt River. It...especially the Ruhr district). Manufactures of Antwerp and its surrounding region include refined petroleum...
York-Antwerp Rules
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law YORK-ANTWERP RULES A group of directives relating to...involved in shipping contracts. The York-Antwerp Rules of General Average are the best...form of marine insurance. The York-Antwerp Rules were first promulgated in 1890 and...
Rubens, Peter Paul
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Westphalia, Germany Died: May 30, 1640 Antwerp, Belgium Flemish painter and diplomat...28, 1577. Jan Rubens was a lawyer of Antwerp who, because of his religious preference...at which time his widow returned to Antwerp, Belgium, bringing her three children...
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...From the fact that Bruegel entered the Antwerp painters' guild in 1551, we may infer...master, according to Van Mander, was the Antwerp painter Pieter Coecke van Aelst, whose...survived. About 1555 Bruegel returned to Antwerp by way of the Alps, which resulted in...
Peter Paul Rubens
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...yet 45 years old, an English visitor to Antwerp described him as "the master workman...the painter's father, was a lawyer of Antwerp who, because he was a Calvinist, fled...at which time his widow returned to Antwerp, bringing her three children with her...
Bruegel Family
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the seventeenth century, primarily in Antwerp. The Bruegel family employed many spelling...the Elder date from his immigration to Antwerp. Ludovico Guicciardini, the Italian...1569. Pieter Bruegel the Elder moved to Antwerp in the 1540s, perhaps to study with the...
Art in Flanders, 1585–1700
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the surrender of the rebellious city of Antwerp, although it was not until the Treaty...the northern Netherlands. In Flanders, Antwerp remained the center of artistic production...was eclipsed in 1608 by the return to Antwerp from Italy of his former pupil, Peter...
Anthony Van Dyck
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...expressiveness. In the 17th century the city of Antwerp could boast three eminent artists...Anglicized as Anthony Van Dyck) was born in Antwerp in 1599, the seventh child of a prosperous...remained there until late 1620. First Antwerp Period Van Dyck was astonishingly precocious...
Jacob Jordaens
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...one of the outstanding masters of the school of Antwerp. Jacob Jordaens was born in Antwerp. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to Adam...of genius. In 1628, when the Augustinians of Antwerp required three altarpieces for their church...
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599–1641)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...x2013; 1641), Flemish painter. Born in Antwerp, Anthony van Dyck divided his career...the most expensive figure painter in Antwerp. While still in his teens he produced...alternative possibilities. Portraits painted in Antwerp before 1620 (and again in 1628 –...

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Antwerp Mannerism
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Antwerp Mannerism. A term coined by Max J. Friedl...characteristic of various painters working in Antwerp from about 1500 to about 1530. The style...although Italianate buildings often feature in Antwerp paintings of the time. Rather, as James...
Antwerp, Liberation of
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Antwerp, Liberation of (September 1944) the World War II retaking of a major...Bernard Law Montgomery on September 4, 1944, for the purpose of using Antwerp as a major supply port for an Allied drive into Germany for a quick end...
Hadewijch of Antwerp
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Hadewijch of Antwerp (Christian mystical writer): see RHENO-FLEMISH SPIRITUALITY .
Rubens, Sir Peter Paul
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...Siegen, Westphalia, 28 June 1577; d Antwerp, 30 May 1640). Flemish painter, draughtsman...Germany, the son of a scholarly lawyer from Antwerp who had left the city to escape religious...s death, the boy Rubens returned to Antwerp with his mother; he had been baptized...
Floris
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...Floris (or Floris de Vriendt ). Netherlandish family of artists active in Antwerp. The most important members were the brothers Cornelis ( b Antwerp, c. 1514; d Antwerp, 20 Oct. 1575) and Frans ( b Antwerp, 1519/20; d Antwerp, 1 Oct...
Neeffs, Pieter the Elder
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Neeffs, Pieter the Elder (or Pieter Neefs ) ( b Antwerp, c. 1578; d Antwerp, 1656/61). Flemish painter, active in Antwerp. Most of his pictures are interiors of Gothic churches, some of them night scenes...
Waghemakere Family
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Waghemakere Family. Flemish architects based in Antwerp. Herman de Waghemakere ( c. 1430–1503) was Master of the Works at Antwerp Cathedral, where, in 1474, he was engaged...masterpiece is the Church of St Jacob, Antwerp, begun 1491, but he was also responsible...
Key, Willem
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...Willem ( b Breda, c. 1515; d Antwerp, ?5 June 1568). Netherlandish...master in the painters' guild in Antwerp, where he spent the rest of his...life. Adriaen Thomasz. Key ( b ?Antwerp, c. 1544; d ?Antwerp, after...
Francken
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...the 16th and 17th centuries, mainly in Antwerp. The individual contributions of the...were Frans I ( b Herentals, 1542; d Antwerp, 2 Oct. 1616) and particularly his son Frans II ( bapt . Antwerp, 6 May 1581; d Antwerp, 6 May 1642...
Vos, Maerten de
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Vos, Maerten de ( b Antwerp, 1532; d Antwerp, 4 Dec. 1603). Netherlandish painter, active mainly in Antwerp. In about 1552 he went to Italy (perhaps in company with Bruegel ) and worked in Tintoretto's studio in Venice; he also visited...

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Antwerp: home port for specialized products. (Special Report)
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If Antwerp's port were a restaurant, how many stars would it earn? (Antwerp, Belgium, as a locale for European coffee commerce)
Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal; 12/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; If Antwerp's Port were a restaurant, how many stars...wields a seductive charm in the port of Antwerp, at least when it comes to stevedoring...we have maintained our attractiveness in Antwerp in competition with larger and more stable...
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Antwerp whet my appetite!(Features)
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Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/20/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Jerusalem Post 10-20-2006 Headline: Antwerp steps up sparkling business relations...Page: 16 Friday, October 20, 2006 -- Antwerp, often referred to as the last shtetl...Baron Leo Delwaide, president of the Antwerp Port Authority and alderman of the city...
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/6/2001; ; 700+ words ; Antwerp, just like Brighton or San Francisco...on a connection that is easy to find. Antwerp is culturally confident - its medieval...Eurostar is pegged to run right into town. Antwerp is on the rise. WHY GO? Antwerp is tolerant...