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Joos van Wassenhove Joos van Wassenhove
Joos van Wassenhove (active c.1460–80). Netherlandish painter, part of whose career was spent in Italy, where he was known as Giusto da Guanto (Justus of Ghent). He became a member of the Antwerp painters' guild in 1460, but by 1464 he had moved to Ghent, where he was a friend of Hugo ... Read more
Constant Permeke Constant Permeke
Permeke, Constant (1886–1952). Belgian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor, with Frits van den Berghe and Gustave de Smet one of the leading exponents of Expressionism in Belgium in the period between the two world wars. He was born in Antwerp, the son of a painter, Henri-Louis Permecke... Read more
Lieven de Key Lieven de Key
Key, Lieven de (c.1560–1627). Born in Gent (Ghent), he settled in Haarlem, The Netherlands, in 1590, where he became Town Mason and Carpenter. With Hendrick de Keyser he was the most prominent architect working in the Renaissance style in that part of Europe. He designed the façade of... Read more
Justus of Ghent Justus of Ghent
Justus of Ghent fl. c.1460-c.1480, Flemish religious and portrait painter, now generally identified with Joos van Wassenhove; also known as Jodocus or Joos of Ghent. His simple, quiet style provides a clear link between Flemish and Italian art. In 1460 he was admitted to the painters' guild in... Read more
Laurent Delvaux Laurent Delvaux
Delvaux, Laurent (b Ghent, 17 Jan. 1696; d Nivelles, 24 Feb. 1778). Flemish sculptor. From 1717 to 1728 he worked in England, sometimes in collaboration with his fellow Fleming Peter Scheemakers, with whom he made a number of church monuments. In 1728 they visited Rome together; Scheemakers... Read more
Jan Porcellis Jan Porcellis
Porcellis, Jan (b Ghent, c.1584; d Zouterwoude, 1632). Dutch painter, etcher, and draughtsman of marine subjects. Porcellis was Flemish by birth, but he spent most of his career in Holland, working in various towns before settling at Zouterwoude, near Leiden. He was regarded as the greatest marine... Read more
Bening Bening
Bening (or Benig). The name of two Netherlandish book illuminators, father and son. Sanders (sometimes called Alexander) (d Ghent, 1519) worked in Ghent and Bruges. No documented works by him are known, but it has been suggested that he should be identified with the Master of Mary of Burgundy,... Read more
Lys Lys
Lys , Du. Leie, river, c.135 mi (220 km) long, rising in the hills of Artois, N France, and flowing northeast, forming the Franco-Belgian border between Armentières and Menen. It continues into Belgium past Kortrijk to empty into the Scheldt (Schelde) River at Ghent (Gent). The Lys is... Read more
Ghent Ghent
Ghent , Du. Gent, Fr. Gand, city (1991 pop. 230,246), capital of East Flanders prov., W Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Leie rivers. Connected with the North Sea by the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal and by a network of other canals, Ghent is a major port and the chief textile and banking... Read more
Georg Minne Georg Minne
Minne, Georg (1866–1941). Belgian sculptor, painter, and graphic artist, born at Ghent, the son of an architect. He initially studied architecture at the Ghent Academy, then transferred to painting and sculpture. In 1886 he met the Symbolist poet Maurice Maeterlink and began to illustrate... Read more

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