Jan, Joan, Joannes or Johan Six van Chandelier (1620 – 1695) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

poet from

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who travelled to

Spa A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneoth ...

, France, Spain, Italy, and England. His collected works were republished in 1991. Coppenol1

Chandelier was born in

as the oldest of 10 children and became a dried goods merchant.Joannes Six van Chandelier in Van der Aa For his health he travelled to Spa in 1650 and for his work he travelled farther, writing poems wherever he was. Though his poetry was not his main occupation, it seems he was appreciated by contemporaries who mentioned his works. He was friends with H.L. Spiegel and Anslo. He also wrote a 'confession' to the playwright

Jan Six Jan Six (14 January 1618, Amsterdam – 28 May 1700, Amsterdam) was an important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age. Biography From a well-to-do cloth merchant family Six, Jan Six was the son of Jean Six (1575–1617) and his wife Anna Wijme ...

, regent of the

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of Vromade and Oudscheepen for his ''Muiderberg'', which is a reference to his friend P.C. Hooft, who lived at

Muiderslot Muiden Castle (Dutch: ''Muiderslot'', ) is a castle in the Netherlands, located at the mouth of the Vecht river, some 15 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam, in Muiden, where it flows into what used to be the Zuiderzee. It is one of the better kno ...

and is known for the

Muiderkring The Muiderkring (Muiden Circle) was the name given to a group of figures in the arts and sciences who regularly met at the castle of Muiden near Amsterdam during the first half of the 17th century, or the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic. The ce ...

of writers. Chandelier died in

Works

* s Amsterdammers winter'', 1650 * ''Spa-gedichten'', 1656 * '' Poësy'', 1657 (listed as a key text in the

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) * ''Davids Psalmen'', 1674 * ''Erkentenisse, aan den eedelen heer Joan Six, heer van Vromaade, Oudscheepen, voor synen Muiderberg'', 1676

References

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Van der Aa Abraham Jacob van der Aa (7 December 1792, Amsterdam – 21 March 1857, Gorinchem) was a Dutch writer best known for his dictionaries, one of notable people and the other of notable places in the Netherlands. He was born in Amsterdam in 1792. ...

* ''Gedichten'', Jan Six van Chandelier, A.E. Jacobs, Van Gorcum, 1991, 1620 births 1697 deaths 17th-century Dutch poets Writers from Amsterdam Dutch Golden Age writers Dutch male poets {{Poet-stub