Gillis is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name are as follows:
Hulst is a municipality and city in southwestern Netherlands in the east of Zeelandic Flanders.
De Vos is a Dutch-language surname meaning "the fox". In 2007 in the Netherlands, nearly all ≈11,000 people with the name spelled it de Vos, while in 2008 in Belgium, primarily in East Flanders, nearly all ≈11,000 people with the name capitalized it De Vos. Another 9220 people in Belgium, mostly in West Flanders have the concatenated form Devos, while in the United States the form DeVos can be found.
Peeters is a Dutch-language patronymic surname, equivalent to Peters. It is the most common surname in Belgium, and is particularly common in the province of Antwerp, but also in Flemish Brabant and Belgian Limburg. Notable people with the surname include:
Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including Carine, Catelijne, Cato, Ina, Ineke, Kaat, Kaatje, Karen, Karin, Katja, Katrien, Katrijn, Kitty, Nienke, Rina, Tineke, Tiny, Toos, Trijn, Trijntje, and many others. People with the name include:
Events from the year 1599 in art.
Events from the year 1580 in art.
Matthijs is a Dutch form of the masculine given name "Matthew". It can also be a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Mattheus is a masculine given name and surname, a Latin form of Matthew. Notable people with the name include:
Rombouts is a surname of Flemish-Dutch origin, meaning "son of Rombout". People with this name include
Michiel is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to Michael and a Venetian surname.
Van Tilburg is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Tilburg". A number of variant spelling exist(ed), including Van Tilborch, Van Tilborg(h), Van Tilburch and Van Tilburgh. People with this name include:
Coignet may refer to:
Marten is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Michiel Coignet was a Flemish polymath who made significant contributions to various disciplines including cosmography, mathematics, navigation and cartography. He also built new and improved scientific instruments and made military engineering designs.
Andries is a Dutch and Afrikaans masculine given name or surname equivalent to Andrew.
Valkenburg or Van Valkenburg is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in Valkenburg, Dutch Limburg or Valkenburg, South Holland. The name occurs with or without the tussenvoegsel van and has many spelling variants. People with the name include:
Luyckx is a Dutch patronymic surname based on an archaic spelling of the given name Luuk/Luc, short forms of Lucas. The name has a myriad of spellings, each pronounced [lœy̯k(s)]. While in Belgium Luyckx is by far the most common, in the Netherlands the forms Luijkx, Luijks, Luijk, Luik and Luijckx are more prevalent. For some families the name may be toponymic instead, referring to an origin in Luik, the Dutch name of Liège. This is generally the case for forms like Van Luijk, Van Luik and de Luyck. People with these surnames include:
The Brueghel family, also spelled Bruegel or Breughel, is an extended family of Dutch and Flemish painters which played a major role in the development of the art in Brabant and Flanders throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Due to the organisation in guilds and training being done with established painters and not in schools or academies, painters often passed on the knowledge from father to son, and there are many examples of Flemish painting families spanning two or more generations, e.g. the Francken family, which had at least ten painters spanning four generations. The Brueghel family produced the largest number of major painters of all Flemish families.
Nicolaes is a given name that is spelled Nicolaas in modern Dutch.
Claeissens, also spelled Claessens or Claeissins is a Dutch language surname. It may refer to: