Reinier Boitet (19 January 1691 in
Delft – 5 January 1758 in Delft),
[C.D. Goudappel, E.J. Marico, H.K. Nagtegaal and D. Wijbenga. Genealogische en Historische Encyclopedie van Delft, deel I (1984), pp. 41, 42.] was a Dutch publisher and writer who updated
Dirk van Bleiswijk
Dirk van Bleiswijk, or Dirck van Bleyswijck (28 December 1639 in Delft – 11 September 1681 in Middelburg), was a Delft politician and writer.
Biography
In 1671, he became councilman or "veertigraad" in Delft, in 1672 magistrate, and in 1675 ...
's ''History of Delft'' in 1729.
Biography
Boitet was the son of Simon Boitet, baker, and Aeltje van der Wel. In April 1717 he married Maria van Hulst and in 1718 he requested permission to start printing a newspaper. This permission was granted in 1721, after which he established his printshop on the Wijnhaven. His newspaper, in 1732 named ''Hollantsche Historische Courant'', remained in press until 1775.
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According to the RKD he collaborated with Gerard onder de Linden on several prints.
He was a bookseller in Delft who also made poems, but his greatest work was his update to Bleiswijk's "Description of the city of Delft" (Dutch: Beschryvinge der stad Delft), originally published in 1667.][Reinier Boitet]
in the NNBW
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His assistants were H. Heussen and H. van Rijn, possibly also the poet Hubert Kornelisz Poot and R. Ouwens.[
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Works
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Poems by
Joachim Oudaan, published by Joachim Fransz Oudaan, Hubert Korneliszoon Poot, Reinier Boitet
*1729 History of Delft
Painter biographies
Reinier Boitet merged Bleiswijk's biographical information with Karel van Mander
Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remembere ...
and Arnold Houbraken's commentary on Delft painters.Beschryving der stad Delft
by Reinier Boitet, 1729, on Google books
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Van Mander wrote entries for Erasmus, Anthonis van Montfoort, Pieter Kornelisz. van Ryk, Michiel Jansz Mierevelt and his pupils ( Pauwels Moreelsz. woonende t'Wtrecht, Pieter Geeritsz. Montfort, Pieter Dircksen Cluyt, Claes Cornelisz. van Delft), J. Jordaens, and Jaques de Moschero. Houbraken included all of these and wrote additional entries for Kristiaen van Kouwenberch (mentioning his works at wall decorations at Huis ter Nieuwburg
Huis ter Nieuwburg or Huis ter Nieuburch ("House at New Borough") was a palace in Rijswijk, Holland, Dutch Republic. The symmetrical French Classicist building was probably designed by the Dutch architect Jacob van Campen together with Consta ...
, Huis ten Bosch
Huis ten Bosch ( nl, Paleis Huis ten Bosch, ; English: "House in the Woods") is a royal palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It is one of three official residences of the Dutch monarch; the two others being the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and ...
), Leonard Bramer (whose engraved portrait he included), Pieter van Asch (whose entry he wrote based on information from Jan Verkolje), Adriaan van Linschoten (whose entry he wrote based on information from Pieter Ruiven), Hans Jordaans (of whom he had not much to tell beyond his Italy trip, but that Houbraken had been told that he was the father of Lucas Jordaens according to Jan van Beuningen), Kornelis de Man (of whom he claimed he spent 9 years abroad in France and Italy and on his return never married, but made a large group portrait for the anatomists in Delft and several small "gezelschapjes van Heeren en Juffrouwen", or "conversation pieces with ladies and gentlemen" that could still be seen there in his day), Johannes Vermeer (whose name he transcribed from Bleiswijk without any further mention at all), and Pieter de Hooge (of whom he claimed he made "Kamergezigten", or "room-views" with "gezelschapjes van Heeren en Juffrouwen" and had been a pupil of N. Berchem at the same time as Jakob Ugtervelt). Boitet seems to have ignored the entries he could not confirm, most notably omitting Vermeer and De Hooch. The biographies Boitet included were:
Notes
References
Bleiswijk
s original first volume of his ''Beschryvinge'', 1667, on Google books
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1691 births
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