Jan Harmenszoon Krul

Jan Harmenszoon Krul (1601–1646) was a Dutch Catholic playwright.[1] His portrait was painted in 1633 by Rembrandt. Krul founded the Amsterdamsche Musijck Kamer, devoted to the cultivation of music drama.[2]

Rembrandt's portrait of Krul

Works
  • The emblem book Minne-spiegel ter Deughden (Amsterdam, 1639)[3]
  • The Pastoral Music-Play of Juliana and Claudiaen.

References
  1. Jacob van Eyck Quarterly 2004 / 4
  2. Julie Anne Sadie Companion to Baroque Music 1998 p458
  3. Christopher Brown, Dutch Genre Painting, National Gallery (1976) p.52 "The best known were the Sinnepoppen, Jan van Veen's Adams Appel (Amsterdam, 1642), Jan Hermanszoon Krul's Minne-spiegel ter Deughden (Amsterdam, 1639), Johanes Brune's Emblemata (Amsterdam, 1624) and the emblem books of Jacob Cats."

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