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Born January 13, 1381 • France
Died March 6, 1447 (aged 66) • Ghent • Belgium
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Italian saint
St. Clare of Assisi
St. Clare of Assisi
Roman Catholic abbess
Baldwin V
count of Flanders
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Peasant Dance
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist
Rogier van der Weyden
Netherlandish painter
Jansen, engraving by Jean Morin
Cornelius Otto Jansen
Flemish theologian
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius
Belgian physician
Gerardus Mercator; engraving by Franz Hogenberg, 1574.
Gerardus Mercator
Flemish cartographer
Hugo van der Goes
Flemish artist
still life by Clara Peeters
Clara Peeters
Flemish painter
Jacob van Artevelde
Flemish leader
Snyders, Frans: Interior of an Office
Frans Snyders
Flemish painter
William of Moerbeke
Belgian archbishop
Jean Clouet
French painter
Giambologna: Mercury
Giambologna
Mannerist sculptor
Philippe de Monte
Dutch composer
Jean de Ockeghem
Flemish composer
Lasso, engraving by James Caldwall
Orlando di Lasso
Flemish composer

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