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Abraham (Bible) 58, 164
Adam (Bible) 119, 212–13
Adriaensz, Adriaen see Ariskindt Aegeus (mythology) 101
Agamemnon (mythology) 172–3
Alba, Duke of (Fernando Álvarez de Toledo) 37, 39
Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia 170, 218
Allaertsz, Andries 39, 41
Amalia van Solms 205, 217, 237
Andromeda (mythology) 210, 211, 217
Anhalt, Christiaan von, jr. 171
Anhalt, Christiaan von, sr. 171, 172
Anna (Bible) 187, 188, 229, 230
Anthony of Egypt, Saint 153
Antiphilus of Alexandria 190
Apelles 21, 159, 190, 202
Apollo (mythology) 107
Appel, Karel 28
Archimedes 196
Ariadne (mythology) 101
Ariskindt (‘The Child’, Adriaen Adriaensz) 242
Aristotle 103, 107, 116, 218
Arminius, Jacobus 127, 127–9, 131
Athene see Pallas Athene
Bacon, Francis 152
Bailly, David 61, 79, 100
Balaam (Bible) 164–5, 166, 167
Balak (Bible) 165
Baldinucci, Filippo 26, 28, 206, 209–10
Banchem, Reympgen Cornelisdr van (great-grandmother) 64
Banninck Cocq, Frans 79
Barlaeus, Caspar 100, 108, 238
Bast, Pieter 54
Berckel, Cornelis Claesz van (step-grandfather) 53, 55, 66, 225
Berendrecht, I.P. 207
Berlaymont, Karel van 36–7
Beyma, Julius 108
Blaeu, Johannes 17
Bloccius, Petrus 101
Bloemaert, Abraham 187, 198, 206
Blok, P.J. 91
Boisot, Louis de 43
Bondt, Willem de 135–7, 167, 242
Bontius, Gerardus 135
Boussu, Count of (Maximilien de Hénin-Liétard) 38, 160
Brandt, Geeraert 172
Brandt, Gerard 42
Bredero, Gerbrandt Adriaensz 52
Brewster, William 86
Brosterhuyzen, Harman van 79
Brouchoven, Jacob van 134, 137
Brouwer, Adriaen 232
Brueghel de Oude, Jan 179
Brugghen, Hendrik ter 190
Brutus, Marcus Junius 170
Bucelin, Gabriel 21
Buchelius, Aernout van 100
Buonarroti, Michelangelo see Michelangelo Buonarroti
Bürger, William (pseud. of Théophile Thoré-Bürger) 24, 237
Burgh, Albert 172–3
Busken Huet, Conrad 24
Buytewech, Willem 180, 187
Bylaert, Jan Jacob 96
Caerdecamp, Sybout van 228
Caligula, Roman emperor 116
Callisto (mythology) 228
Callot, Jacques 73
Calvin, Johannes 35, 168, 172
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da 28, 156, 162, 164, 190
Cassiopeia (mythology) 211
Ceres (mythology) 101
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de 51
Cevat, Daan 24
Charles I, King of England 217, 231
Charles V, Roman emperor 34–5, 170
Charon (mythology) 153
Christ see Jesus of Nazareth Cicero, Marcus Tullius 99, 101, 107, 196
Claudianus, Claudian 101
Cloucq, Andreas 109
Clusius, Carolus (Charles de l’Écluse) 111–14, 116, 119
Clutius, Theodorus (Dirk Ougaertszoon Cluyt) 113–14
Cock, Hieronymus 143
Coebergh van den Braak, Antonius 12
Coornhert, Dirck Volkertszoon 42
Coppit, Oopjen 235, 237
Cordone, Margaretha 149, 150, 157
Coriolanus, Gnaeus Marcius 163, 163–64, 173, 196
Cosimo III de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 23
Couwenhoorn, Pieter 213
Craen (public notary) 81
Daeffuidt, David 77
Daeffuidt, Pieter 77
Dammiansz, Dionys 237
Dante Alighieri 153
David (Bible) 19, 69, 170, 196–7, 197
Dedel, Johan 194, 196
Dedel, Joost Willemsz 147
Dedel, Marytge 147
Descartes, René 160–62
Deventer, Jacob van 12
Diana (mythology) 103
Dincloo, Harmen Willemsz van 72
Dircx, Geertje 28
Does, Jan van der 34, 40, 42, 43, 48, 54, 106, 107
Dolendo, Bartholomeus 118, 119, 213
Dou, Gerrit 17, 23–4, 184–5, 213, 218, 236
Dou, Jan Pietersz 86, 87
Driel, Claertge Dircxdr van 76
Dürer, Albrecht 206
Dyck, Anthony van 21, 231
Egmond, Count of (Lamoral, Count of Egmond) 36–7
Eli (Bible) 217, 218
Elsevier, Bonaventura 111
Elsevier, family 95, 111, 112
Elsevier, Lodewijk 111
Elsheimer, Adam 156, 162, 164
Engebrechtsz, Cornelis 61, 138
Erasmus, Desiderius 100, 125
Es, Claes Cornelisz Van 89
Eve (Bible) 119, 212–13
Farnese, Alexander, Duke of Parma 85, 180
Ferdinand I, Roman emperor 34
Ferdinand II, Roman emperor 171–2
Flora (mythology) 228
Floris, Frans 147
Fokke, Simon 106
Frederick V from the Palatinate, King of Bohemia (‘The Winter King’) 12, 171–2, 217, 231
Frederik Hendrik of Orange, stadtholder 21, 100, 134, 179, 193–4, 205, 216–17, 220, 237
Fruin, Robert 47
Fruytiers, Jan 43, 45, 46
Gauguin, Paul 179
Gerritsz, Jan 67
Gheyn I, Jacques de 194
Gheyn II, Jacques de 81, 82, 114, 194, 218
Gheyn III, Jacques (Jacob) de 218–20, 221
Gogh, Vincent van 13, 179
Goliath (Bible) 19, 69, 196–7, 197
Gomarus, Franciscus 127, 127–9, 131
Goyen, Jan van 33, 61, 190, 193, 231
Gravenzande, Arent van ’s 90
Groot, Hugo de (Hugo Grotius) 108, 133–5
Guicciardini, Lodovico 32
Haanstra, Bert 25
Hals, Frans 100
Hannah (Bible) 111
Harmensdr, Lijsbeth (grandmother) 53–4, 225
Heede, Jan van der 79, 80, 81
Heem, Jan Davidsz de 231
Heemskerck, family 77, 147, 157, 165
Hein, Piet 217
Heinsius, Daniël 108, 110–11, 113, 194
Hendrik of Nassau 40
Hendrixcz, Lieven 61, 180
Henriëtta Maria from France, Queen of England 75
Hermes (mythology) 89
Heurnius, Johannes 107–08
Heurnius, Otto 119
Hippocrates 107
Hoefnagel, Jacques 172
Hogenberg, Frans 36
Hogerbeets, Rombout 133
Homer 100, 103, 116, 172
Hommius, Festus 129
Honthorst, Gerard van 156, 190, 217
Hooft, P.C. 44
Hooghe, Romeyn de 46
Hoogstraten, Samuel van 23, 164, 179, 185, 189, 190, 192, 209
Horne, Count of (Philip of Montmorency) 36
Houbraken, Arnold 12, 23, 175, 184, 205, 211, 239
Hout, Jan van 34, 42, 46, 48, 55, 71, 73, 85, 87, 89, 107, 149
Huizinga, Johan 48
Huydecoper, Joan 236
Huygens, Christiaan, sr. 193
Huygens, Constantijn 21, 23, 26, 75, 172, 183, 193–203, 195, 205, 213, 218, 221–22, 245, 246, 247
Huygens, Maurits 218, 221
Isaac (Bible) 164
Isaiah (Bible) 163
Jeremiah (Bible) 224, 229
Jesus of Nazareth (Bible) 31, 57, 60, 63, 101, 103, 160, 161, 168, 174, 176, 179, 187, 189, 198, 216, 220–2, 223, 229
John (evangelist) 106, 207
John the Baptist (Bible) 176
Jonathan (Bible) 197
Jonghe, Clement de 229
Joppensz, Cornelis 44, 46
Joseph, son of Jacob (Bible) 68, 73
Joseph of Nazareth (Bible) 60, 63, 189
Jouderville, Isaack, jr. 17, 98, 164, 213–15, 217, 236–7, 241
Jouderville, Isaack, sr. 17, 214, 238
Jouderville, Jacob 214
Jouderville, Magdalena 214
Judas (Bible) 21, 198–202, 199, 200–1, 216
Junius, Franciscus 108
Karl, Ludwig from the Palatinate 217
Kerr, Sir Robert (Lord Ancrum) 217
Key, Lieven de 89
Keyser, Thomas de 162
Knibbergen, François van 190, 192
Knotter, family 17, 138, 237
Kornelisz, Gerrit 139
Kunst, Pieter Cornelisz 147
Lairesse, Gérard de 23
Lampsonius, Dominicus 144
Lanckaert, Joost Jansz 47
Lastman, Pieter 159, 162–9, 163, 167, 173–6, 183, 187, 196, 202, 206, 232, 246
Lazarus (Bible) 215–17, 231
Leeghwater, Jan Adriaensz 160
Leeuwen, Adriaen Claesz van 81, 181
Leeuwen, Lijsbeth van (sister-in-law) 82
Leeuwen, Simon van 152
Leeuwken 43
Leonardo da Vinci 21, 28, 103, 119, 149, 248
Lettingius, Jacobus (Jacob Letting) 99
Leyden, Aertgen van 147, 150
Leyden, Lucas van 61, 116, 131, 138, 141–5, 143, 144, 185, 206, 246
Liefrinck, Hans 55
Lievens, family 61, 180
Lievens, Jan 17, 61, 178, 179–89, 190–203, 192, 195, 206–7, 215–18, 218, 220, 231–2, 233, 245–46
Lievens, Justus 111, 180
Lipsius, Justus 107, 109, 110–11
Livy, Titus 164
Looten, Marten 236
Lopez, Alphonse 167
Lot (Bible) 190
Louis XIII, King of France 167
Louis of Nassau 37, 40
Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua 241
Luke (evangelist) 106, 189, 229
Lumey, Lord of (William II de la Marck) 38
Luther, Maarten 35, 36
Magirus, Antonius 157
Mander, Karel van 28, 141–57, 176
Mantegna, Andrea 241
Margaret of Parma, Governor of The Netherlands 36–7
Maria Henrietta (Mary Henrietta) Stuart 75
Mark (evangelist) 106, 160
Martha (Bible) 216
Marx, Karl 63
Mary (Bible) 60, 63, 189
Matthew (evangelist) 31, 106, 156, 164, 175, 198, 200–1
Maurits of Orange, stadtholder 81–2, 100, 129–35, 139, 143, 171, 172–3, 193, 198, 213, 238
Medusa (mythology) 99, 107
Meijden, Johannes van der 237
Meursius, Johannes 110, 172
Michelangelo Buonarroti 116, 153, 164, 202
Mieris, Frans van 23
Minerva (mythology) 94, 95, 98–9, 103, 107, 179, 217
Molenaer, Jan Miense 137
Montaigne, Michel de 179
Montigny, George (Lord of Noyelles) 39
Montmorency, Philip of see Horne, Count of
Moro, Antonio 35
Musius, Cornelis 38
Nassau see Hendrik of Nassau; Louis of Nassau
Neptune (mythology) 107
Nereids (mythology) 211
Nero, Roman emperor 116
Noortsant, Machtelt Jansdr van 180
Odysseus (mythology) 172
Oldenbarnevelt, Johan van 131–5, 171–3
Oldenbarnevelt, Reinier van 139, 172–3
Oldenbarnevelt, Willem van 139, 172–3
Oomes, Robert 225
Oosterlingh, Pieter 237
Orange see Frederik Hendrik of Orange; Maurits of Orange; William of Orange; Willem II of Orange
Orlers, Jan Jans 14–15, 17, 34, 61–2, 97, 106, 110, 125, 152, 159, 165, 180, 181, 184, 213, 231, 241
Oudevliet, Willem Claesz van 72
Outerman, Karel 238
Paets, Adriaen Claesz 125
Palamedes (mythology) 172–3
Pallas Athene (mythology) 98–9
Parrhasius 21, 202
Paul (previously: Saulus) (Bible) 111, 125–6, 126, 130, 131, 139, 142, 219
Pauw, Pieter, jr. 238
Pauw, Pieter, sr. 119–120
Pauw, Reinier 134
Pels, Andries 211
Perseus (mythology) 211
Peter (Bible) 30, 31–2, 130, 131, 142, 152, 176, 187, 198, 219
Philip (Bible) 163
Philip II, King of Spain 34, 37, 39, 106, 110, 171
Pietersz, Claes see Tulp, Nicolaes
Pietersz, Gerrit 63
Pietersz, Gerrit (painter) 162
Pietersz, Jan 139
Piso Caesonius, Lucius Calpurnius 170
Pius IV, Pope 157
Pla, Jan le 238
Plantin, Christophe 110–11
Plantin, Margaretha 111
Plato 107
Plecker, Samuel de 139
Plessen, Wolrad von 218
Pliny the Elder 115, 190
Pluto (mythology) 101, 153
Porcellis, Jan 190, 193, 232
Porrett, Christiaen 17, 115
Poussin, Nicolas 21
Prometheus (mythology) 190
Proserpine (mythology) 101, 102, 103, 153, 179, 217
Protogenes 21, 202
Pynas, Jacob 162
Pynas, Jan 162
Raphael 116, 149, 164, 202, 248
Raphelengius, Franciscus 111
Recht, Abraham Anthonisz 135
Requesens, Luis de 39
Revius, Jacob 221
Rieverdinck, Henricus 100
Rijn, Adriaen Harmenszoon van (brother) 63, 66, 75, 83, 81–3, 97, 125, Rijn, Cornelia Adriaensdr van (niece) 125
Rijn, Cornelis Harmenszoon van (brother) 63, 66
Rijn, Elisabeth ‘Lijsbeth’ Harmensdr van (sister) 63, 66, 97, 190, 191
Rijn, Gerrit Harmenszoon van (brother) 63, 66, 81, 97, 239
Rijn, Gerrit Roelofsz van (grandfather) 52–3, 66
Rijn, Harmen Gerritsz van (father) 11, 17, 20–21, 53, 54, 55, 61, 62–3, 65–6, 68, 77–8, 81, 82, 93, 96, 98, 152, 225–8, 227, 229, 245
Rijn, Jacob Corsz van 76
Rijn, Jan Adriaensz van (nephew) 76
Rijn, Machtelt Harmensdr van (sister) 63, 66, 97, 165, 226
Rijn, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van pictured 10, 14, 20, 27, 70, 74, 124, 126, 140, 144, 146, 178, 191, 204, 208, 214, 240, 244, 247, 249
Rijn, Willem Harmenszoon van (brother) 63, 66, 67
Robinson, John 86
Rubens, Peter Paul 21, 24, 45, 102, 103, 156–7, 159, 179, 206, 215, 220, 247, 248
Rudolf II, Roman emperor 143
Ruts, Nicolaes 236
Ruytenburgh, Willem van 79
Rye, Georg 113
Saftleven, Cornelis 168
Salen, Wilhelmina 237
Samson (Bible) 227
Samuel (Bible) 217, 218
Sandrart, Joachim von 27, 28
Saul (Bible) 69, 169, 170, 196–7, 197
Saulus see Paul Savery, Salomon 128
Scaliger, Josephus Justus 107–11, 108
Scappi, Bartolomeo 157
Schaeck, Gijsbert Cornelisz 44
Schoon Janneken 118
Schooten, Joris van 61, 79, 152, 180
Schrevel, Brigitta 100
Schrevelius, Theodorus (Dirk Schrevel) 99–100, 167
Schwartz, Gary 12, 216, 229
Scriverius, Petrus (Pieter Schrijver) 42, 46, 100, 108, 137, 147, 167–8, 169, 172, 173, 187, 213, 215
Seghers, Hercules 232
Selden, Geerloff Jellisz 232
Sennacherib, King of Babylon (Bible) 45
Shakespeare, William 23
Simeon (Bible) 217
Simons, Menno 91
Simonsdr, Elisabeth (sister-in-law) 125
Six, Jan (1618–1700) 175
Six, Jan (1978–) 175, 176
Socrates 116
Solms see Amalia van Solms
Soolmans, Jan 237
Soolmans, Marten 234, 237–8
Soutine, Chaim 152
Soutman, Pieter Claesz 102, 103
Steen, Jan 65, 180, 189, 238
Stephen (Bible) 167–9, 168, 169, 176
Stevin, Simon 111
Stochius, Nicolaus 99
Stoffels, Hendrickje 228
Stuart, Elizabeth 171, 217
Stuart see Elizabeth Stuart; Maria Henrietta Stuart
Swaerdecroon, Hendrik 17, 135
Swanenburg, family 77, 150, 152, 156–7, 165, 167, 193, 196
Swanenburg, Catherina Jacobsdr 150
Swanenburg, Claes Isaacsz van 149
Swanenburg, Cornelis Isaacsz van 238
Swanenburg, Isaac Claesz van (master Nicolaï) 38, 47, 61, 88–90, 91, 99, 142, 147, 148, 148–50, 155–7, 194, 228
Swanenburg, Jacob Isaacsz van 17, 147, 149–50, 152, 153, 153–7, 159, 164, 181, 202, 206, 246
Swanenburg, Maria Jacobsdr van 150, 157, 181
Swanenburg, Silvester Jacobsz van 150, 238
Swanenburg, Willem Isaacsz van 109–10, 112, 114, 149, 157, 187, 206, 215
Sweelinck, Gerrit Pietersz 207
Swieten, Claes Dircksz van 142
Swieten, family 142
Symonsz, Jan 72
Taling, Adriaen Jansz Den 42
Tengnagel, Jan 162
Tethrode see Vinck, Cornelis Meesz
Theophrastus 107
Thoré-Bürger, Théophile see William Bürger
Tintoretto 21
Titian 21, 149, 248
Titus, Roman emperor 170
Tobit (Bible) 73, 187, 188, 226, 229
Tserclaes, Johan (Count of Tilly) 171
Tulp, Nicolaes (Claes Pietersz) 104, 119–121, 122–3, 241, 242, 248
Uylenburgh, Aeltje Pietersdr van 229, 239
Uylenburgh, Gerrit 239
Uylenburgh, Hendrick 162, 232, 238, 239, 241, 242
Uylenburgh, Saskia van (wife) 62, 79, 228, 229, 239, 241
Valckenburgh, Adriaen van 137
Valdés, Francisco de 39–40, 43, 53
Veen, Cornelis van 38
Veen, Otto van 38, 44–7, 45, 157, 228
Veen, Pieter van 45
Velde, Jan van de 100, 187
Venant, François 162
Vesalius, Andreas 120–21
Vesanevelt, Dirc Jansz van 238
Victor of Marseille, Saint 82, 225
Vignon, Claude 167
Vinci, Leonardo da see Leonardo da Vinci
Vinck, Cornelis Meesz (also: Van Tethrode) (great-grandfather) 64
Vinck, Elisabeth Cornelisdr (grandmother) 64
Virgil 99, 101, 103, 107, 172, 196, 215
Visscher, Claes Jansz 138
Vliet, Gilles Thymansz van 215, 238
Vliet, Jan Gillesz van 215, 238
Vondel, Joost van den 129, 134, 137, 138, 159, 172–3
Vosmaer, Carel 28, 62
Vulcan (mythology) 155
Vulcanius, Bonaventura 111
Werff, family van der 46, 100
Werff, Pieter Adriaansz van der 42–3, 46, 238
Werff, Yeffgen Adriaansz van der 238
Westervelt, Adolf Paulsz van 76
Wetering, Ernst van de 12
White, Christopher 28
Wijbrantsdr, Lijsbeth 238
Willem II of Orange, stadtholder 75
William of Orange, stadtholder 36, 37, 39, 43, 47, 48, 75, 81, 106, 110, 132, 171, 193
Winter, Mary 24
Winter King see Frederick V from the Palatinate, King of Bohemia
Wolkers, Jan 13–14, 14
Woud, Jan Cornelis van ’t 110, 112, 114, 118
Woutersz, Pieter 71
Wtenbogaert, family 194
Wtenbogaert, Joannes 219
Wtenbogaert, Johannes 17, 129, 134–5, 136
Zeus (mythology) 98
Zuytbroeck, Cornelia ‘Neeltje’ Willemsdr van (mother) 20, 61, 63, 64–6, 81, 93, 98, 226, 229, 245
Zuytbroeck, Cornelis (uncle) 65
Zuytbroeck, Maritge van (aunt) 65
Zuytbroeck, Willem Arentsz van (grandfather) 64, 65
Zwieten, Jacob van 238