Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch playwright, poet, literary translator and writer. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the Dutch language as well as an important figure in the history of Western literature.
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![Vondel's statue at the Warmoestraat by Gerarda Rueter [nl]. The house where Vondel lived for many years no longer exists and to commemorate him a statue has been erected.](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/2020_Vondel_Warmoesstraat_%281%29.jpg/1280px-2020_Vondel_Warmoesstraat_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Vondel's statue at the Warmoestraat by Gerarda Rueter [nl]. The house where Vondel lived for many years no longer exists and to commemorate him a statue has been erected.
The frontispice of Vondel's first play Het Pascha, which shows an image of Moses and the destruction of the army of the farao in the Red Sea.
The execution of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt in 1619 on the Binnenhof in The Hague; one of the most significant moments in the life of Vondel. The illustration is by Claes Jansz. Visscher.
A painting by Jan Adam Kruseman of the Muiderkring; a group of scholars and writers who regularly met during the Dutch Golden Age at the castle of Muiden
A performance of Gijsbrecht van Aemstel in the Stadsschouwburg.
The frontispice of Vondel's Altaergeheimenissen; an ode to the Catholic faith.
The poem Het stockske van Oldenbarneveldt (The Cane of Oldenbarnevelt), written by the poet himselfWriters born in the 1580s 6
About this person
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch playwright, poet, literary translator and writer. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the Dutch language as well as an important figure in the history of Western literature. In his native country, Vondel is often called the "Prince of Poets" and the Dutch language is sometimes referred to as "the language of Vondel". His oeuvre consists of 33 plays, a large number of poems in different genres and forms, an epic poem and many translations of predominantly classical literature. Vondel lived in the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War and became the leading literary figure of the Dutch Golden Age.
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