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Jeremias De Dekker
Jeremias de Dekker or ''Decker'' (1610 – November 1666) was a Dutch poet. Biography Dekker was born in Dordrecht. His father was a native of Antwerp, who, having embraced the reformed religion, had been compelled to take refuge in the Netherlands. Entering his father's business at an early age, Jeremias found leisure to cultivate his taste for literature and especially for poetry, and to acquire without assistance a competent knowledge of English, French, Latin and Italian. His first poem was a paraphrase of the ''Lamentations of Jeremiah'' (''Klaagliedern van Jeremias''), which was followed by translations and imitations of Horace, Juvenal and other Latin poets. The most important of his original poems were a collection of epigrams (''Puntdichten'') and a satire in praise of avarice (''Lof der Geldzucht''). The latter is his best-known work. Written in a vein of light and yet effective irony, it is usually ranked by critics along with Erasmus's ''Praise of Folly''. Dekker d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Jeremias De Dekker
''Portrait of Jeremias de Decker'' is a 1655 oil on panel painting by Rembrandt of the poet Jeremias de Decker. It is now in the Hermitage Museum. Sources *http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-bin/db2www/descrPage.mac/descrPage?selLang=English&indexClass=PICTURE_EN&PID=GJ-748&numView=1&ID_NUM=44&thumbFile=%2Ftmplobs%2FKGCZ_40O_40ZNKW_40218B6.jpg&embViewVer=last&comeFrom=quick {{ACArt Paintings in the Hermitage Museum category:1655 paintings category:Portraits of men, de Decker category:17th-century portraits, de Decker category:Portraits by Rembrandt, de Decker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
