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In 1955, John van Eck founded Van Eck Global, an investment firm that capitalized on the growing international stock market after the opening of Western Europe to US investors in the wake of the Marshall Plan. His father moved to the US from the Netherlands in the early 20th century as an employee of Shell plc to expand its international business.
Size of a 100 gram gold bar - packaged inside an assay for proof of authenticity - compared to a playing card. Of all the precious metals, gold is the most popular as an investment. Investors generally buy gold as a way of diversifying risk, especially through the use of futures contracts and derivatives.
Cryptonomicon is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson, set in two different time periods. One group of characters are World War II–era Allied codebreakers and tactical-deception operatives affiliated with the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park (UK), and disillusioned Axis military and intelligence figures.
Arnolfini Portrait. The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Friday that it has fined registered investment advisor Van Eck Associates $1.75 million for failing to disclose it had paid a “well-known and ...
The Arnolfini Portrait, oil on oak, 1434. National Gallery, London. Jan van Eyck (/ v æ n ˈ aɪ k / van EYEK, Dutch: [ˈjɑɱ vɑn ˈɛik]; c. before 1390 – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.
This open view measures 5.2 x 3.75 m. [1] Closed view, back panels. The Ghent Altarpiece, also called the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb ( Dutch: De aanbidding van het Lam Gods ), [A] is a very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium. It was begun around the mid-1420s and completed by 1432, and ...
Dimensions. 90.2 cm × 34.1 cm (35.5 in × 13.4 in) Location. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, United States. The Annunciation is an oil painting by the Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, from around 1434–1436. The panel is housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It was originally on panel but has been ...