Dutch language, in the saying zich met een Jan(tje) van Leiden van iets afmaken (loosely: To pull a John of Leiden), which means not putting too much effort...

Rembrandt, was born and educated in Leiden. Other Leiden painters include Lucas van Leyden, Jan van Goyen and Jan Steen. Leiden was formed on an artificial hill...

Divara van Haarlem also spelled Dieuwertje Brouwersdr. () (1511 in Haarlem – July 7, 1535 in Münster) was a Dutch Anabaptist, married to Jan van Leiden and...

Engelbrechtsz, Cornelis (Gouda c. 1462 – Leiden 1527) Geertgen tot Sint Jans (Leiden? c. 1460 – Haarlem c.1495) Joest van Calcar, Jan (Kalkar c. 1450 – Haarlem 1519)...

Jerusalem"), where he was one of the Anabaptist preachers. In the court of Jan van Leiden, he served on the council with his brother Heinrich Krechting, the Chancellor...

1535) was a Dutch Anabaptist. She lived in Münster during the reign of Jan van Leiden and was chosen by him as one of his sixteen spouses in June 1534, when...

the church tower – in 1536 these were used to expose the corpses of Jan van Leiden, Bernhard Krechting, and Bernhard Knipperdolling after they were publicly...

Vermeer (/vərˈmɪər, vərˈmɛər/; Dutch: [vərˈmeːr], see below; also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized...

even more famous contemporary Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen attended the Latin school and became a student in Leiden. Though no official records of Steen's...

and more than one thousand drawings. Jan van Goyen was the son of a shoemaker and started as an apprentice in Leiden, the town of his birth. Like many Dutch...

Leiden University (abbreviated as LEI; Dutch: Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. It was founded as a Protestant...

accomplished genre painters. Frans was born and died in Leiden, where his father Jan Bastiaans van Mieris was a goldsmith, carver of rubies and diamond setter...

directed the observatory include Willem de Sitter, Ejnar Hertzsprung and Jan Oort. Leiden University established the observatory in 1633; astronomy had been...

of Leiden, "Jan Oort, Astronomer". Katgert-Merkelijn, J.K.: The letters and papers of Jan Hendrik Oort, as archived in the University Library, Leiden. Dordrecht...

After the demise of the Anabaptist rule in Münster (1534–1536, under Jan van Leiden), Menno Simons became the pivotal person who inspired the movement known...

Hut Anabaptist bookseller Münster Rebellion Jan van Leiden – Münster rebellion Anabaptist leader and King Jan Matthys – anabaptist leader and alleged prophet...

villes de l'Europe, Leiden: P. van der Aa, 1712 Interior of the University Library. Glass negative, circa 1880. Photographer: Jan Goedeljee 1824–1905...

Jan van Eyck (/væn ˈaɪk/ van EYEK; Dutch: [ˈjɑɱ vɑn ˈɛik]; c. before 1390 – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early...

only one node. Traag, Vincent A; Waltman, Ludo; van Eck, Nees Jan (26 March 2019). "From Louvain to Leiden: guaranteeing well-connected communities". Scientific...

clock face. In 1535 these cages were used to display the corpses of Jan van Leiden and other leaders of the Münster Rebellion, who promoted polygamy and...

Robert Jan van Pelt (born 15 August 1955) is a Dutch author, architectural historian, professor at the University of Waterloo and a Holocaust scholar...

Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (April 2, 1838, The Hague – January 8, 1923, Leiden) was a Dutch astronomer. His surname, van de Sande Bakhuyzen...

Jan Davidsz. de Heem or in-full Jan Davidszoon de Heem, also called Johannes de Heem or Johannes van Antwerpen or Jan Davidsz de Hem (c. 17 April 1606...

Friedländer, referring to the artist as 'Jan de Cock', identified him with the 'Jan Van Leyen' (Jan of Leiden) who became a master in the Antwerp Guild...

Hoeven's organ or Van der Hoeven's organ. Jan van der Hoeven came from a wealthy family of merchants in Rotterdam. In 1819 he moved to Leiden. In 1822 he got...

build, starting in 1390. Famous Leiden dignitaries are buried there, including the painter Jan Steen and the Leiden professor Herman Boerhaave. The beautiful...

Studies Centre is a part of Leiden University. On 1 April 2021, Marleen Dekker became the new director of the ASC replacing Jan Bart Gewald who had been...

he is seen as one of the authors. Two of his followers, Jan van Matthijs and Jan van Leiden, proclaimed that Hoffman was wrong on the questions of the...

during World War II, the film is about students in Leiden, the Netherlands: Erik Lanshof, Guus LeJeune, Jan Weinberg, and Alex. Robby Froost is Erik's friend;...

the city of Leiden, The Netherlands. The Wall Poems project was partly funded by the private Tegen-Beeld foundation of Ben Walenkamp and Jan Willem Bruins...