Birth Year:, 1518. Death Year:, 1594  Related Paintings of TINTORETTO, Jacopo :. | The Voluntary Subjugation of the Provinces | The Birth of John the Baptist, detail ar | Christus bei Maria und Martha | Flight into Egypt | The Birth of St. John the Baptist wr |
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HEUSCH, Jacob de
Dutch painter (b. 1657, Utrecht, d. 1701, Amsterdam).
Johannes Natus
painted Peasants smoking and making music in an inn in 1660
Riis Jacob August
Danish-American journalist and social reformer. b.1849 d.1914 American photographer of Danish birth. The son of a school-teacher and editor, he was well-educated when he came to the USA in 1870. He was a self-taught photographer and worked at a variety of jobs before becoming a journalist, and he understood the power of the written and illustrated word. Riis's work in journalism began in 1873 when he was employed by the New York News Association. By 1874 he was editor and then owner of the South Brooklyn News.