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Jacob Cats
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Jacob Cats was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books.
Portrait by Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1634
Portrait by Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1634
Landgoed Sorghvliet
Landgoed Sorghvliet
Emblem from Cats' Monita amoris virginei (1620)
Emblem from Cats' Monita amoris virginei (1620)
Emblem book
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An emblem book is a book collecting emblems with accompanying explanatory text, typically morals or poems. This category of books was popular in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Wisdom - from George Wither's Book of Emblems (London 1635)
Wisdom - from George Wither's Book of Emblems (London 1635)
Woodcut from Guillaume de La Perrière, Le Théâtre des bons engins, 1545.
Woodcut from Guillaume de La Perrière, Le Théâtre des bons engins, 1545.