Rumer Wissher ( Dutch: Anna Roemers Visscher ; 1547, Amsterdam - February 11, 1620, ibid.) - Dutch merchant, poet and patron of literature and arts. The father of the poetesses Anna and Maria Wissher.
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It is known that he was a wealthy Amsterdam merchant, owned several merchant ships, and in his spare time he was engaged in philology and poetry. He was a supporter of the purity of the Dutch language, its purification from French and Flemish borrowings. He was a member of the rhetoric society "In liefde bloeiende". By 1600, the house of Rumer Wisscher was considered the center of the cultural life of Amsterdam, which brought together numerous artists, artists, singers and poets, including young ones, whom he patronized and influenced the work of some of which. His own work is considered a transition from the medieval traditions of “rhetoricians” to Renaissance poetry.
In 1614, a collection of his poems “Brabbelingh” was released, the works of which were imitations and partially translations of the works of Petrarch , Maro , Erasmus of Rotterdam and others. Then a collection of poetic and prose allegories “Sinnepoppen” (4th edition - 1678) was released. Vissher was considered one of the largest patrons of art in the Netherlands in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 139081925 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Roemer Visscher
- ↑ Roemer Visscher - 1999.
Links
- Article in Nordisk Familjebok (Swedish)