Hendrick van Balen Hendrick van Balen Hendrick van Balen or Hendrick van Balen I (c. 1573-1575 in Antwerp – 17 July 1632 in Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque painter and stained glass designer. Hendrick van Balen specialised in small cabinet pictures often painted on a copper support. His favourite themes were mythological and allegorical scenes and, to a lesser extent, religious subjects. The artist played an important role in the renewal of Flemish painting in the early 17th century and was one of the teachers of Anthony van Dyck. Hendrick van Balen was born in Antwerp. The date of his birth is not
Henry H. Van Dyck Henry H. Van Dyck Henry H. Van Dyck (September 3, 1809 Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York — January 22, 1888 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York) was an American newspaper publisher, financier and politician from New York. He was the son of Dr. Henry Lawrence (or Hendrick Lourens) Van Dyck (1773–1840) and Catherine (Van Alen) Van Dyck (1775–1863). He became a printer, and in 1830 the editor of the "Goshen Independent Republican", a Jacksonian newspaper. In 1832, he bought the newspaper, and sold it after his election to the State Senate. He married Eliza A. Clark (c. 1810–c. 1862), and they