Roemer Visscher

Roemer Pieterszoon Visscher (* 1547 - ? February 19, 1620) was a

Works

The humanistic and moralistic content of his works belongs to the period of the Renaissance, although the form was more conservative and characteristic to the rederijkers. Visscher was a specialist in the epigram, but he also wrote emblemata. The emblemata is a genre in which pictures are accompanied by one or two rhyming sentences. An example of the emblemata is Visschers Sinnepoppen. One emblema is called "Elck wat wils" which is still a common expression in Dutch, meaning "Something for every taste".

Related Topics:
Humanistic - Moralistic - Renaissance - Rederijkers - Epigram - Emblemata

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Among his works are:

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• T'loff vande mutse, ende van een blaewe scheen (1612)
• Brabbeling (1614)
• Sinnepoppen (1614)http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/joris/sinnepoppen/sinnepoppen.html