Spanish painter, 1614-1685  Related Paintings of Francisco Rizi :. | Capilla del Milagro,Convent of Descalzas Reales | Auto-da-fe on palaza mayor,Madrid | Auto-da-fe on Plaza Mayor, Madrid | Virgin and Child with Sts Philip and Francis | Altarpiece |
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Vervloet Francois
Malines 1795-Venise 1872
marin mersenne
French mathematician,philosopher and theorist. One of the leading French thinkers of the 17th century, he lived in Paris from 1619 as a Jesuit priest. His work is central to the academic and scientific movements of his time, and a major part of it is devoted to music. On the basis of practical experiment and observations, he made important discoveries concerning the nature and behaviour of sound, which are the foundation of the science of acoustics in later times. He also wrote on the theory and practice of music. His principal musical treatise is the Harmonie universelle
AACHEN, Hans von
German Mannerist Painter, 1552-1615 (b Cologne, 1552; d Prague, 4 March 1615). German painter and draughtsman, active also in Italy and Bohemia. One of the foremost painters of the circle gathered at the Prague court of Emperor Rudolf II.