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Adriaen ( Aerjan ) Block ( c. 1567 – April 27, 1627 ( buried )) was a Dutch private trader and navigator who is best known for exploring the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614, following the 1609 expedition by Henry Hudson.
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The expeditions by Adriaen Block and Hendrick Christiansz in 1611, 1612, 1613 and 1614 resulted in the surveying and charting of the region from the 38th parallel to the 45th parallel.
* 1614 – Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
* A second theory concerns the fact that Adriaen Block, during his expeditions in the 1610s, passed by Aquidneck, described in a 1625 account of his travels as " an island of reddish appearance " ( in 17th-century Dutch, " een rodlich Eylande ").
* October 11 – Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named " New Netherland ".
** Adriaen Block, Dutch fur trader and navigator ( d. 1624 )
In 1614, Adriaen Block led an expedition to the lower Hudson in the Tyger, and then explored the East River aboard the Onrust, becoming the first known European to navigate the Hellegat enter Long Island Sound.
The area was briefly visited by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block in 1614.
It was on this shoreline close to the intersection of Greenwich and the former Dey Street that Dutch explorer Adriaen Block's ship, the Tyger, burned to the waterline in November 1613, stranding Block and his crew and forcing them to overwinter on the island.
The Dutch explorer Adriaen Block explored coastal Connecticut in the Spring and early Summer of 1614 in the North American built vessel Onrust.
* Adriaen Block, 1928, Block Hall
In 1614 Adriaen Block explored the coast of Long Island Sound, and sailed up the Connecticut River at least as far as the confluence of the Park River, site of modern Hartford, Connecticut.
Later, in 1614, the bay was explored and mapped by the Dutch navigator Adriaen Block, after whom nearby Block Island is named.
" A Dutch map of 1685 clearly shows Block Island, indicated as Adrian Block Island (" Adriaen Blocks Eylant ").
Another popular origin theory is based on the fact that Adriaen Block, during his 1614 expedition, passed by Aquidneck Island, described in a 1625 account of his travels as " an island of reddish appearance " ( in 17th century Dutch, " een rodlich Eylande ").
Historians have theorized that the island was named by the Dutch ( possibly by Adriaen Block himself ) for either the red autumn foliage or red clay on portions of the shore.
The Tyger was the ship used by the Dutch captain Adriaen Block during his 1613 voyage to explore the East Coast of North America and the present day Hudson River.
Adriaen Block has a middle school in Flushing, Queens ( NYC ) named after him.
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" Peasants in a Tavern " by Adriaen van Ostade ( c. 1635 ), at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
File: The Judgement of Paris by Adriaen van der Werff. jpg | Adriaen van der Werff, c. 1712
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" Peasants in a Tavern " by Adriaen van Ostade ( c. 1635 ), at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
* Adriaen Isenbrant ( c. 1490-1551 )
Adriaen van Ostade painted by Frans Hals c. 1645 / 1648
Adriaen de Vries ( c. 1556 – 1626 ) was a Northern Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands, whose international style crossed the threshold to the Baroque ; he excelled in refined modelling and bronze casting and in the manipulation of patina and became the most famous European sculptor of his generation.
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Schrobop ; while the Delft merchants sent up five ships under Adriaen Dircksz.
Though he seems to have kept a workshop, his only registered pupils were Nicolaes van Berchem, Jan Steen, and Adriaen van der Kabel.
Hadrianus Junius, otherwise known as Adriaen de Jonghe, wrote this story around 1567 in his book Batavia, published only in 1588, and was quoted by Cornelis de Bie.
Adriaen van der Donck is the other possible Dutch leader.
* November 12 – Adriaen van de Venne, Dutch painter ( b. 1589 )
* April – Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter and engraver whose subject matter included tavern scenes, peasants drinking and smoking, itinerant musicians, village festivities and quaint village characters ( b. 1610 )
** Adriaen Brouwer, Flemish painter ( d. 1638 )
* December 10 – Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter ( d. 1685 )
Dutch composer Adriaen Valerius recorded the current melody of the Wilhelmus in his " Nederlantsche Gedenck-clanck " in 1626, slowing down the melody's pace, probably to allow it to be sung in churches.
* July – Adriaen Isenbrant, Flemish painter ( b. 1490 )
** Adriaen Isenbrant, Flemish painter ( d. 1551 )
In his De Groote Schouburgh ( 1718 – 21 ), Arnold Houbraken mentions Philips Wouwerman, Adriaen Brouwer, Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Adriaen van Ostade and Dirck van Delen as students.
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* Adriaen van Ostade ( 1610 – 1685 ), Haarlem
* Adriaen Brouwer ( 1605 – 1638 ), South Low Countries
He collaborated with a number of prominent artists including Rubens, Hendrick van Balen ( 1575 – 1632 ), Adriaen Stalbemt ( 1580 – 1682 ), Lucas Van Uden ( 1596 – 1672 ), David Teniers the Younger and his father-in-law Abraham Janssens.
* Adriaen Brouwer ( 1605 – 1638 ), Flemish painter
* Adriaen van Ostade ( Dutch, 1610 – 1685 ) Peasant scene artist, Haarlem School
* Adriaen van der Werff ( Dutch, 1659 – 1722 )
* Hadrianus Junius 1511 – 1575 also known as Adriaen de Jonghe
Adriaen Isenbrandt or Adrien, Isenbrant, Ysenbrant, Ysenbrandt or Hysebrant ( between 1480 and 1490 – Bruges, July 1551 ), was a Flemish Northern Renaissance painter, who from documentary evidence was clearly a significant artist of his period, but to whom no specific works can be clearly documented.
* St Jerome ( Private collection, London ) ( 1560 – 1570 ) ( by follower of Adriaen Isenbrandt or Ambrosius Benson )
Adriaen Brouwer ( 1605 – January 1638 ) was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.
Adriaen van Ostade ( baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx December 10, 1610 – buried May 2, 1685 ) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works.
* Adriaen Brouwer, 1605 – 1638
Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne ( 1589 – November 12, 1662 ), was a versatile Dutch Golden Age painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book-illustrator and designer of political satires and a versifier.
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