Biography Category
(kôrn ´l s d broin) (KEY) , 1652–c.1726, Dutch portrait painter and traveler. He painted for some years in Italy, where he was known, in Rome, as...
( d´ m) (KEY) , [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female,...
(b ´häm) (KEY) or Peham (p –) (KEY) , name of two German Renaissance artists, brothers, who were both influenced by Dürer and later by Italian a...
(hwäk n´ äk ´stä) (KEY) , 1800–1852, Colombian historian and scientist. He served under Simón Bolívar in the revolution against Spanish rule ...
(äs´m s yä´kôp kär´st ns) (KEY) , 1754–98, German historical painter and engraver, b. Schleswig. He studied in Copenhagen and in Italy. He wa...
(j vän´n bät-t s´tä käst l´l ) (KEY) , c.1509–c.1569, Italian painter and architect; called Il Bergamasco to distinguish him from Bernardo C...