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"Portrait of Jean-Jacques Chifflet Balthasar van Meurs or Balthazar van MeursAlternative name: Baldassar van Meurs, Balthasar Meurs , Balten (van) Meurs (Antwerp, c. 1612/1619 – Antwerp, 1673/1674)Balthasar van Meurs at the Netherlands Institute for Art History was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was a member of a family of printers and publishers which was connected to the Moretus family, which operated the Plantin Press in Antwerp. He was principally a painter of portraits and his principal patrons were the Moretus family.J. Slegers, T. De Roo, 'Jacob Van Reesbroeck, ‘huisschilder’ bij Balthasar Moretus II', online publicatie van Museum Plantin- Moretus/Prentenkabinet (2013), p. 26 Life Balthasar van Meurs was born in Antwerp some time between 1612 and 1619 as the son of Jan van Meurs. His father was a publisher and served as an alderman in Antwerp. His mother Catharina or Catelijne de Sweert was a sister of Maria de Sweert, who was the wife of Balthasar I Moretus. Balthasar I Moretus was an influential printer and publisher in Antwerp who was the grandson of Christoffel Plantin and took over management of the Plantin Press in Antwerp, one of the leading publishing houses in Europe, after his own father died in 1619. Balthazar Moretus started a partnership with Jan van Meurs which lasted until 1629. Jan van Meurs also worked closely with the Nutius family of printers. Through these collaborations and family connections Jan van Meurs was part of the circle of humanists in Antwerp of which Rubens was also a member.Anne-Marie S. Logan, Michiel Plomp, Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005, p. 174Max Rooses, Petrus- Paulus Rubens en Balthasar Moretus. Een bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der Kunst Balthasar became in April 1637 a member of the 'Sodaliteit van de Bejaerde Jongmans', a fraternity for bachelors established by the Jesuit order. It is not clear whether he is the son of Jan van Meurs who was registered in the guild year 1646–1647 as a master painter or wijnmeester, i.e. the son of an existing master.Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius, De liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche sint Lucasgilde Volume 2, Antwerp, 1871, p. 182, 436 Balthasar's brother Jacob would later take over the book publishing business from his father.Frans Olthoff, De boekdrukkers, boekverkoopers en uitgevers in Antwerpen sedert de uitvinding der boekdrukkunst tot op onze dagen, M. Ruef, Antwerp, 1891, pp. 68–69 The brothers are later mentioned in a lawsuit regarding the authenticity of a copper plate painting sold as a Pieter Breughel the Elder from the estate of their father, who had acquired an extensive collection of Flemish paintings during his lifetime.Erik Duverger, Antwerpse Kunstinventarissen uit de Zeventiende Eeuw, Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België, 1985 Portrait of Jules Chifflet In the guild year running from 18 September 1673 to 18 September 1674 his death duties were paid to the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke. Work Only very few works by van Meurs are known. The known works are all portraits and were commissioned by the Moretus family, owners of the Plantin Press and linked with the van Meurs family through marriage and business ties. The Moretus family had employed various prominent Antwerp portrait painters to make portraits of its members. These painters included Rubens, Jacob van Reesbroeck, Pieter Thijs, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert and possibly Gonzales Coques. These paintings were displayed in the 'gallery of honour' of the family. In 1650 Balthasar van Meurs was commissioned by his uncle Balthasar II Moretus to paint four portraits. The persons to be portrayed were Jan van den Wouwer, a humanist who was a pupil of Justus Lipsius and a good friend of Balthasar I and II Moretus, the Antwerp bishop Johannes Malderus and the scientist Jean-Jacques Chifflet and his son Jules Chifflet, both acquaintances of the Moretus family and authors of the Plantin Press. It appears that in choosing the persons to be portrayed Balthasar II considered the commercial or emotional link with the person portrayed more than their contribution to the humanism for which the Plantin Press had been famous. This reflected Antwerp's decline as an intellectual and humanistic centre at the time of Balthasar II. The portraits of van den Wouwer and Malderus, who were both deceased when the portrait commission was given, appear to be based on portraits of the same persons by van Dyck. The portraits of the Chifflets may have been made from life as both were alive and often in Antwerp where van Meurs could portray them. Notes External links * Category:Flemish Baroque painters Category:Flemish portrait painters Category:Flemish draughtsmen Category:Artists from Antwerp Category:Members of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke Category:1612 births Category:1673 deaths "
"The 95th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1874 during the governorships of William B. Washburn and Thomas Talbot. George B. Loring served as president of the Senate and John E. Sanford served as speaker of the House. SenatorsRepresentatives * Joshua Bowen Smith See also * 43rd United States Congress * List of Massachusetts General Courts Images File:1874 senate chamber Massachusetts.jpgSeating diagram for senators in the State House, 1874 Further reading * ReferencesExternal links * * Category:Political history of Massachusetts Category:Massachusetts General Court massachusetts Category:1874 in Massachusetts "
"Miriam Brouwer (born 14 November 1991) is a Canadian cyclist. Brouwer began cycling when she bought her first bike at the age of 20. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 2016 with a Masters of Science with Honours in Speech and Language Pathology. She competed at the 2018 Pan American Track Cycling Championships where she won a bronze medal in the team pursuit event and at the 2019 Pan American Games where she won silver medals in the team pursuit and women's madison events. ReferencesExternal links * Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Cambridge, Ontario Category:University of Toronto alumni Category:Canadian female cyclists Category:Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games medalists in cycling Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada "