Jacob Cats Writer

Jacob Cats (10 November 1577 – 12 September 1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books.

Personal facts

Jacob Cats
Birth dateNovember 10, 1577
Birth place
The Hague , Brouwershaven
Nationality
Netherlands
Date of deathSeptember 12, 1660
Place of death
The Hague

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Writer

genre
Emblem book
influenced
Constantijn Huygens

Topical connections

Joost van den VondelWriter
A. den DoolaardWriter
Hugo GrotiusPhilosopher
Heiman DullaartArtist

Jacob Cats on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/2-1-eth/start.htm
  2. http://emblems.let.uu.nl/c1627_introduction.html?lang=eng
  3. http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/65202/rec/17