Adolphe Siret
Adolphe Siret (July 15, 1818 – January 6, 1888) was a Belgian historian, biographer, essayist, poet, biographer, writer and man of letters.
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Adolphe Siret

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- Born
- 1818 · Beaumont.
- Died
- 1888 · Antwerp.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- historian · writer · poet
- Fields
- literature
- Languages
- French
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Adolphe Siret (July 15, 1818 – January 6, 1888) was a Belgian historian, biographer, essayist, poet, biographer, writer and man of letters.
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• Adolphe Siret, Raphaël et Rubens et les peintres de leur école, Gand, De Busscher Frères, 1849 • Adolphe Siret, Louise d'Orléans Première reine des Belges: poème couronné par l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, dans la séance publique du 8 mai 1851, 1851, 16 p. • Adolphe Siret, La gravure en Belgique, Hebbelynck, 1852 • Adolphe Siret, Notes d'un amateur sur quelques tableaux du musée de peinture de Bruxelles, Hebbelynck, 1852 • Adolphe Siret, Récits historiques belges, Bruxelles, H Tarlier, 1855, 402 p. • (nl) Adolphe Siret, Mijn oom de tooveraar: verhalen der provincie Luik, Rogghé, 1864, 12 p. • (nl) Adolphe Siret, De drie gildebroêrs, 1864, 12 p. • (nl) Adolphe Siret, Avondverhalen aan den haard: provincie Henegouwen, 1864, 111 p. • Adolphe Siret, Erin Corr, membre de la classe des beaux-arts de l'académie royale de belgique. Notice, Hayez, 1865, 12 p. • (nl) Adolphe Siret, De legendenverteller: verhalen der provincien Limburg en Luxemburg, Rogghé, 1868, 86 p. • (nl) Adolphe Siret, Het land van Waas: tweede aflevering, Edom, 1868 • (nl) Adolphe Siret, De historische twist: verhalen der provincie West-Vlaanderen, Rogghé, 1868, 95 p. • (nl) Adolphe Siret, De kunstgalerij: verhalen der provincie Antwerpen, Rogghé, 1868, 12 p. • (nl) Adolphe Siret, De negen provincien van België: historische verhalen, Rogghé, 1868, 443 p. • (nl) Adolphe Siret, Het familiehandschrift: verhalen der provincie Braband, Rogghé, 1868, 95 p. • (nl) Adolphe Siret, De vakantien (brieven van een student): verhalen der provincie Namen, Rogghé, 1868, 12 p. • Adolphe Siret, Notice sur Joseph-Ernest Buschmann, correspondant de l'Académie, Hayez, 1870, 12 p. • (nl) Adolphe Siret, Frederic van de Kerkhove: landschapschilder, Drukkerij Popp, 1874 • Adolphe Siret, L'Enfant de Bruges [Frédéric Van de Kerckhove], renseignements biographiques, documents, articles de journaux, lettres..., A. Lévy, 1876, 418 p
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• Adolphe Siret, Dictionnaire historique des peintres de toutes les écoles depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours, Bruxelles, Librairie encyclopédique de Périchon, 1848 • Adolphe Siret, Dictionnaire historique des peintres de toutes les écoles depuis l'origine de la peinture jusqu'à nos jours, Paris, A. Lacroix et Cie, 1874, 1155 p. • Adolphe Siret, Dictionnaire historique et raisonné des peintres de toutes les écoles depuis l'origine de la peinture jusqu'à nos jours, vol. 1, Chez les Principaux Libraires, 1883, 568 p. • Adolphe Siret, Dictionnaire historique et raisonné des peintres de toutes les écoles depuis l'origine de la peinture jusqu'à nos jours, t. 1, Berlin, Joseph Altmann, 1924
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