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Laurent de La Hire
Laurent de La Hire , 1606-56, French painter. He produced many portraits and historical paintings, a few romantic landscapes, important decorative works for Richelieu, Pierre Séguier, and others, and tapestry designs for the Gobelins. His paintings reflect the influence of Vouet, Poussin, and...
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de Broglie
de Broglie For persons thus named use Broglie.
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Philippe de Champaigne
Philippe de Champaigne , 1602-74, French painter, b. Brussels, of Flemish parents. In 1621 he went to Paris, where he worked with Poussin on the Luxembourg Palace. In 1628 he became painter to the queen, Marie de' Medici. For her and for Richelieu he executed many religious paintings, still to be se...
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Lorenzino de' Medici
Lorenzino de' Medici , 1515-47, member of the cadet branch of the Medici family. A boon companion of Alessandro de' Medici , he secretly plotted the duke's murder—possibly out of republican convictions. With a hired assassin, he stabbed Alessandro to death (1537) and fled to Venice, where he ...
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Diego de San Pedro
Diego de San Pedro , fl. 1450, Spanish writer. He is best known for two sentimental novels that influenced the later development of the Spanish novel. They are Tratado de amores de Arnalte y Lucena [treatise on the loves of Arnalte and Lucena] (1491) and Cárcel de amor [prison of love] (1...
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Benjamin de Rohan Soubise, seigneur de
Benjamin de Rohan Soubise, seigneur de , 1583-1642, French Protestant general. He fought under Maurice of Nassau in the Netherlands and subsequently shared the leadership of the Huguenots with his brother, Henri, duc de Rohan . He directed the defense of La Rochelle (1627-28) against Cardinal Riche...
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Bartholomew de Glanville
Bartholomew de Glanville or Bartholomaeus Anglicus , fl. c.1250, English Friar Minor. He taught theology at Paris, and he was the author of De proprietatibus rerum (first pub. c.1470), a famous medieval encyclopedia of natural history.
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Guillaume de Lorris
Guillaume de Lorris , c.1215-c.1278, French poet, author of the first part of the Roman de la Rose . He handled the chivalric conventions with subtlety and charm, and his work shows taste, psychological perception, and wide familiarity with French letters.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , state (1996 pop. 13,316,455), 16,568 sq mi (42,911 sq km), SE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Rio de Janeiro .
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Johannes de Sacrobosco
Johannes de Sacrobosco , or John of Hollywood, c.1200-1256, English mathematician and astronomer. He wrote several widely read and influential books: Algorismus, a study of arithmetic; a treatise on the calendar; and the most popular medieval introductory textbook on astronomy, the Tractatus ...
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