CALCAR, JOHN DE, an eminent painter, born at Calcar, in the duchy of Clèves, in 1499. He was a disciple of Titian at Venice, and perfected himself by studying Raphael. He imitated those masters with the greatest success. Among his various pieces is a Nativity representing the angels around the infant Christ; which he arranged so that the light emanated from the child. He died at Naples in 1546. (Vasari.)