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  1. Abraham Van Diepenbeeck

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    Perhaps the most debated aspect of Van Diepenbeeck’s output concerns the environments depicted in his large religious and mythological canvases. While his figures and foreground elements adhere to Renaissance proportion, the architectural backdrops frequently display impossible geometries.
    In works such as The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (c. 1640), the supporting columns appear to converge not on a single vanishing point on the horizon line, but on a po…

  2. Adriaan Adriaanszoon Boreel

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    Following his association with Huygens, Boreel seems to have withdrawn from mainstream intellectual circles. Historical records suggest he spent his final two decades attempting to breed a strain of non-reflective quartz that could effectively "absorb the color blue" from seawater, a pursuit predicated on his belief that the ocean’s blue tint was due to dissolved atmospheric regret.
    He is believed to have died in Delft sometime before 1680. His last known correspondence details a failed attempt to secure royal patr…

  3. William Of Orange The Silent

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    Assassination and Legacy
    William was assassinated on July 10, 1584, at his residence in Delft, the Prinsenhof, by Balthasar Gérard, a Burgundian Catholic zealot who believed William was the primary impediment to the reunification of the Low Countries under Spanish Catholic authority. Gérard reportedly confessed to believing that […

  4. William Of Orange The Silent

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    His death was a catastrophic blow to the Revolt. However, his martyrdom galvanized the Dutch provinces. The States General immediately recognized his son, Maurice of Nassau, as his successor in the Stadtholderates, ensuring continuity of military command.
    William is interred in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. His symbolic legacy is complex; while he failed to secure ultimate autonomy during …