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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerbrand van den Eeckhout</span> Dutch painter (1621–1674)

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout was a Dutch Golden Age painter and a favourite student of Rembrandt. He was also an etcher, an amateur poet, a collector and an adviser on art.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerbrand Bredero</span> Dutch poet and playwright (1585–1618)

Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pieter Lastman</span> Dutch painter

Pieter Lastman (1583–1633) was a Dutch painter. Lastman is considered important because of his work as a painter of history pieces and because his pupils included Rembrandt and Jan Lievens. In his paintings Lastman paid careful attention to the faces, hands and feet.

Bakker is a common Dutch surname equivalent to English Baker. In 2007 it was the seventh most common name in the Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include:

The Detour is the third adult novel by Dutch writer Gerbrand Bakker. It was published in October 2010 and later translated into English by David Colmer as The Detour. It is a study in self-searching, self-assertion and the nature of pain, narrated by a middle-aged Dutchwoman who has fled her husband to live in the solitude of rural Wales. She sometimes watches Escape to the Country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerbrand Bakker (physician)</span> Dutch physician

Gerbrand Bakker was a physician from the Netherlands. He was a professor at the University of Groningen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Netherlands men's national volleyball team</span> Mens national volleyball team representing the Netherlands

The Netherlands men's national volleyball team represents the Netherlands in FIVB tournaments. Volleyball is the most popular indoor sport in the country, with over 125,000 associates. The team had their most successful phase beginning in the 1990s under coaches Arie Selinger and Joop Alberda, reaching various finals for international tournaments and winning both the Olympic Games and the World League in 1996. Netherlands in World Championship won silver medal 1994 in Greece.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fleur Agema</span> Dutch politician (born 1976)

Marie-Fleur Agema is a Dutch politician and former spatial designer, serving as First Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Schoof cabinet since 2024. Agema previously served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom between 30 November 2006 and 2 July 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steyn</span> Surname list

Steyn is a Dutch surname.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">De Schoolmeester, Westzaan</span> Smock mill in Westzaan, Netherlands

De Schoolmeester is a smock mill in Westzaan, Netherlands which is maintained in full working order. It is the only wind powered paper mill in the world. The mill is listed as Rijksmonument number 40013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerbrand Bakker (novelist)</span> Dutch writer (born 1962)

Gerbrand Bakker is a Dutch writer. He won the International Dublin Literary Award for The Twin, the English translation of his novel Boven is het stil, and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The Detour, the English translation of his novel De omweg. Both novels were translated by co-winner David Colmer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karen Gerbrands</span> Dutch politician (born 1967)

Karen Gerbrands is a Dutch politician and former nurse. Representing the Party for Freedom, she has been a member of municipal council of The Hague since 27 March 2014 and was a member of the House of Representatives between 23 March 2017 and 12 December 2018.

Gerbrand Bakker may refer to:

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David Colmer is an Australian writer and translator, mainly of Dutch-language literature. He translates novels, poetry and children's literature and is the current English translator of Gerbrand Bakker, Dimitri Verhulst, Annie M.G. Schmidt, and Nachoem M. Wijnberg. Colmer's poetry translations include selections of the work of Hugo Claus, Anna Enquist, Cees Nooteboom, Ramsey Nasr and Paul van Ostaijen.

The Twin may refer to:

<i>Isaac Blessing Jacob</i> (Gerbrand van den Eeckhout) Painting by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Isaac Blessing Jacob is a 1642 religious painting by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout. It shows Jacob kneeling at the bed of his blind father Isaac under the watchful eye of his mother Rebecca as he receives his brother Esau's blessing. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.