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Jan Huygen van Linschoten
A 17th century portrait of the Dutch traveller and chronicler Jan Huygen van Linschoten (l, 1563-1611). From the princeps edition of his Itinerario.
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Hospital in Arles by van Gogh
An 1889 oil on canvas painting, Hospital in Arles, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in April in Arles' hospital where the artist was taken after his first mental crisis in December 1888 when he cut...
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Van Buren as President
US President Martin Van Buren, oil on canvas by Henry Inman, circa 1837.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Joseph Roulin Sitting on a Chair by van Gogh
An 1888 oil on canvas portrait, Joseph Roulin Sitting on a Chair, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in August in Arles, France. Roulin was the artist's local postman, and the two became good friends...
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Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) photographed during his retirement, circa 1860.
Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Wheatfield with Cypresses by van Gogh
An 1889 oil on canvas painting, Wheatfield with Cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. The artist painted a series of fields and cypress trees...
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Hamilton-Burr Duel
The Hamilton-Burr duel was fought between Alexander Hamilton and his political rival Aaron Burr at 7 a.m. on 11 July 1804, in Weehawken, New Jersey. It resulted in the death of Hamilton, who received a mortal wound to the abdomen, and the...
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Colour Detail of The Madonna with Canon van der Paele
A detail of The Madonna with Canon van der Paele painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441 CE). 1436 CE. (Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium)
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Xerxes' Inscription, Van
The cuneiform inscription of Xerxes (486-465 BCE) on the rock cliffs of Van, a city on the shores of Lake Van, eastern Turkey. Written in the three official languages of the Achaemenid Empire: Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian, it proclaims...
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Marinus van der Lubbe
A photograph of Marinus van der Lubbe (1909-34), a communist charged by the Nazi government with starting the Reichstag Fire of 27 February 1933. Found guilty, van der Lubbe was executed. (National Archives of the Netherlands)
