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Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher (25 March 1594 – 20 June 1649), also called Maria Tesselschade Roemersdochter Visscher (Dutch pronunciation: [maːˈrijaː ˈtɛsəlˌsxaːdə ˈrumərzˌdɔxtər ˈvɪsər]), was a Dutch poet and glass engraver.
Maria Tesselschade Visscher | |
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 Portrait of Visscher, 1770 copy of a 1612 original by Hendrick Goltzius | |
| Born | Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher 25 March 1594 |
| Died | 20 June 1649 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupations |
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| Movement | Dutch Golden Age |
| Spouse |
Allard Crombalch
(m. 1623; died 1634) |
| Father | Roemer Visscher |
| Relatives | Anna Visscher (sister) |
| Elected | Muiderkring |
Life
editTesselschade was born in Amsterdam, the youngest of three daughters of poet and humanist Roemer Visscher.[1] She was given the name Tesselschade ("Damage on Tessel"), because her father lost ships near the Dutch island Texel on Christmas Eve 1593, three months before her birth, to remember that 'worldly wealth could be gone instantly.'
She and her sister, Anna, were the only female members of the Muiderkring, the group of Dutch Golden Age intellectuals who met at Muiden Castle. She is often characterised as a muse of the group and attracted the admiration of its members, such as its organiser Hooft, Huygens, Barlaeus, Bredero, Heinsius, Vondel and Jacob Cats.
In their correspondence, she is described as attractive, musically talented, and a skilled translator and commentator from French and Italian.[2] They also praised her skill at singing, painting, carving, glass engraving and tapestry work.[3]
The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam has an example of her engraving work, a römer drinking glass engraved with the motto Sic Soleo Amicos ("this is how I treat my friends").[4]
In 1623, she married a ship's officer, Allard Crombalch. After he died in 1634, Huygens and Barlaeus proposed marriage to her, offers which she rejected.
Legacy
editIn remembrance of Tesselschade there are several streets named after her, such as Tesselschadestraat and Tesselschadelaan in Alkmaar, Eindhoven, Amsterdam, Zwolle, Leiden and Leeuwarden.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "MARIA TESSELSCHADE ROEMER VISSCHER (1593-1649)". Canadian Association for the Advancement of Netherlandic Studies (XI, 1990).
- ^ The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age, Simon Schama, HarperCollins, 1987; ISBN 0-00-217801-X
- ^ History of Holland, George Edmundson, Cambridge University Press, 1922 ebook, ebooksread.com Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Roemer, Anonymous, c. 1625 - c. 1650". Rijksmuseum. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
Further reading
edit- Lennep, J, Herman F. C. Kate, and W P. Hoevenaar. Galerij Van Beroemde Nederlanders Uit Het Tijdvak Van Frederik Hendrik. Utrecht: L.E. Bosch en Zoon, 1868.
External links
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- Maria Tesselschade Visscher - digital version of all her poems (in Dutch)
- Visscher, Tesselschade Roemersdr., Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (in Dutch)