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Constantijn Huygens I

Portrait
Name:Constantijn Huygens
Gender:male
Born:Den Haag
Died:Den Haag
Father:Christiaan Huygens (1551 - 1624)
Mother:Suzanna Hoefnagel (1561 - 1633)

Marriage:

Children:

Occupations:

Occupational address:

Attributes

Category Attribute Value Date startDate end
Identity MottoConstanter
Identity MottoEργων πονερων χειρ ελευθεραν εχε
Language PoetryDutch
Language PoetryLatin
Language PoetryFrench
Language PoetryItalian
Language PoetryEnglish
Language PoetryGreek
Religion DenominationReformed
Wealth Gross wealth300000-0-0

Relations

Relation Modifier Date startDate end
Artistic
commissioned works of art by Jeanne van Aerssen
portrayed by Samuel Cooper
portrayed by Jan Lievens
portrayed by Anthony van Dyck
portrayed by Jacob van Campen
portrayed by Adriaen Hanneman
portrayed by Anthony van Dyck
portrayed by Michiel Jansz van Miereveld
portrayed by François Dieussart
Business
is employee of Frederik Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau
is employee of Amalia van Solms
is employer of Henrick Bruno
Education and training
pupil of Cornelis Jacobsz. Drebbelcertain
pupil of Adriaen Simonsz Rottermontcertain
pupil of Hendrick Hondius Icertain
pupil of Johan Willemsz Dedelcertain
Friendship
baptism was witnessed by Justinus van Nassau
contributed to the album amicorum of Johan van Heemskerk
contributed to the album amicorum of Cornelis de Glarges ridder
contributed to the album amicorum of Jacob Heiblocq
contributed to the album amicorum of Jacob Heiblocq
contributed to the album amicorum of Joan Leonardsz Blasius
legal guardian of Johan Constantijn van der Spijck
travelling-companion of Cornelis de Glarges ridder
witnessed baptism of Johan Constantijn van der Spijck
Housing
employed as domestic servant Catharina Zuerius

References

External biographical records

Primary sources

  1. Album amicorum Jacob Heyblocq, Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek: 131 H 26, s.n.: 39, 266b
  2. Album amicorum van Joh. van Heemskerck, Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek: KW 131 H 7
  3. Bots, Hans, Van Gemert, Giel & Rietbergen, Peter, L'album amicorum de Cornelis de Glarges, 1599-1683, [Studies van het Instituut voor Intellectuele Betrekkingen tussen de Westeuropese Landen in de Zeventiende Eeuw 3], Amsterdam: Holland Universiteits Pers (1975), 46-47 (fol. 79v-80r)
  4. Haags Gemeentearchief, Den Haag: Notarieel Archief Den Haag (toegangsnummer 0372-01), 205: 7
  5. Het Utrechts Archief, Utrecht: Notarissen in de stad Utrecht (toegangsnummer 34-4), 454: 37
  6. Huygens, Constantijn, Mijn jeugd (ed. Heesakkers, C.L.), Amsterdam: Em. Querido's Uitgeverij (1987). <URL: https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/huyg001mijn01_01/>
  7. Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam: Archief van de Notarissen ter standplaats Amsterdam (toegangsnummer 5075), 1488: 223v-224v

Secondary sources

  1. Groenendijk, Pieter, Beknopt biografisch lexicon van Zuid- en Noord-Nederlandse schilders, graveurs, glasschilders, tapijtwevers et cetera van ca. 1350 tot ca. 1720, Leiden: Primavera (2008)
  2. Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, Den Haag: RKD Images, 237243
  3. Thieme, Ulrich & Becker, Felix, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Band 18, Leipzig: Engelmann (1925)
  4. Turner, Jane (ed.) The dictionary of art (34 vols.), London: Macmillan; New York: Grove (1996)
  5. Van den Branden, F. Jos., Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche Schilderschool, Antwerpen: J.E. Buschmann (1883). <URL: http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/vandenbranden1883>, 739
  6. Zandvliet, Kees, De 500 rijksten van de Republiek. Rijkdom, geloof, macht en cultuur, Zutphen: Walburg Pers (2018), 227-228 (nr 161)