Langendijk, Pieter, 1683-1756

LC control no.	n 88139856
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Langendijk, Pieter, 1683-1756 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Langendyk, Pieter, 1683-1756 Langendyk, Pr. (Pieter), 1683-1756
See also	Employer: Rederijkerskamer Trou Moet Blycken *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Associated country	Netherlands United Provinces of the Netherlands
Located	Hague (Netherlands) Amsterdam (Netherlands) Haarlem Region (Netherlands)
Birth date	1683-07-25
Death date	[1756-07-09,1756-07-18]
Place of birth	Haarlem (Netherlands)
Place of death	Haarlem (Netherlands)
Field of activity	Creative writing Poetry Drama Comedy Art Engraving Drawing Painting Netherlands--History Weaving
Affiliation	Rederijkerskamer Trou Moet Blycken Stedelijk Proveniershuis (Haarlem, Netherlands) Haarlem (Netherlands). Stadsbestuur
Profession or occupation	Authors Poets Dramatists Artists Engravers Painters Historians Weavers
Found in	His Quincampoix ... [MI] 1720: t.p. (Pieter Langendyk) LC in RLIN, 9/14/88 (hdg.: Langendijk, Pieter, 1683-1756) Grote Winkler Prins, 7th ed. (Langendijk, Pieter; b. July 25, 1683, d. July 9, 1756) CSt/G-K files (usage: Pieter Langendyk; Pieter Langendijk; Pr. Langendyk) RKDartists& database, 14 September 2020 (Pieter Langendijk; male, North Netherlands; name variants: Langendijk, Pieter, Langendyk, Pieter; etcher, draftsman, author, poet, art collector; writer of comedies; born: Haarlem, 1683-07-25; died: Haarlem, 1756-07-09; places of work activity: The Hague (1697-1704), Amsterdam (1704-1722), Haarlem (1722-1756); connections with other artists: pupil of: Pola, Hendrik) <https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/413994> VIAF, 14 September 2020 (authorized access points in VIAF cluster: Langendijk, Pieter (Pieter), 1683-1756, Langendijk, Pieter, 1683-1756, Langendijk, Pieter, Pieter Langendijk Nederlands schrijver, Langendijk, Pieter (Dutch etcher, 1683-1756); VIAF ID: 227383920 (Personal)) <http://viaf.org/viaf/227383920> De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs, 1985, viewed in DBNL 8 September 2020: pages 342-343 (Langendijk, Pieter; northern Dutch poet, engraver, and painter (Haarlem 25.7.1683-Haarlem 9.7.1756); after death of his father (1689), came for a time under care of English-Dutch linguist William Sewel in Amsterdam; ca. 1695, left for Den Haag; became weaver, pattern draftsman, started concentrating on poetry; settled in vicinity of Haarlem in 1722; in 1747, had to sell his collection of books, paintings, drawings, and prints, in 1749 Haarlems Stadsbestuur appointed him as a city historian, gave him a free place in Proveniershuis; religious poetry shows Mennonite signature; political perspective Orangist; preference for pastorals and fishers' songs, tragic, historical, satirical and burlesque genres; as factor (agent) for Haarlem Kamer Trou Moet Blycken (from 1721), wrote annual poems (jaargedichten) on counts of Holland 1724-1744, published as De Graaven van Holland (1745), 2-volume edition with engravings by his cousin Hendrik Spilman; collection Willem de Eerste, Prins van Oranje (9 annual volumes, 1747-1756, completed with a 10th by J. van Marshoorn, Langendijk's successor as factor); best known for his many French-classicist comedies, particularly Het Wederzijds huwelijksbedrog (1714) and De wiskunstenaars of 't gevlugte juffertje (1715); his Haarlem city history was not published, but manuscript was preserved, used by G.W. van Oosten de Bruyn for his De stad Haarlem en haare geschiedenissen (dl. 1, 1765)) <https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bork001nede01_01/bork001nede01_01_0762.php> Laan, Kornelis ter. Letterkundig woordenboek voor noord en zuid, 1952, viewed in DBNL 8 September 2020: pages 292-293 (Langendijk, Pieter, 1683-1756; came under the charge of Willem Sewel, linguist in Amsterdam; however, became weaver and pattern draftsman; went to live in Haarlem in 1721, became factor of Trou moet blijcken, 1721-1756; wrote his first play when 16 years old, Don Quichot op de bruiloft van Kamacho; wrote wedding poems and burlesque poetry, e.g., Boertige Beschrijving van aen Amsterdamschen Schouwburg, De Aeneas van Virgilius in zyn Zondags Pak; reputation through farces and comedies, including Het Wederzyds Huwelyks Bedrog, De Zwetser (1712), Krelis Louwen (a drunken farmer who pretends that he is Alexander the Great), De Wiskunstenaars (1715), Quincampoix (a portrait of stock speculation, 1720), Xantippe, Papirius (both classical material worked into comedy); best-known work: Spiegel der Vaderlandsche Kooplieden; also translated Addison's Cato (1715); his plays still performed in our time; Beschrijving van Kleef (1747); De Graaven van Holland in jaardichten beschreven (1745); history of De Stad Haarlem (1765); took part in the Poetry War (Poëtenoorlog) of 1713 with satirical poems; composed pastoral, rural, and fishers' songs) <https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/laan005lett01_01/laan005lett01_01_4135.php> Wikipedia, 14 September 2020 (Pieter Langendijk (Haarlem, 25 July 1683-Haarlem, 9 or 18 July 1756); damask weaver, city artist, dramatist, and poet; took a course in drawing and painting with Frans van Steenwijk; on his 28th birthday, his Don Quichot op de Bruiloft van Kamacho appeared, began a permanent run at Schouwberg of Van Campen; wrote comedies in style of Molière, whom also translated and wrote about; comedies in classicist form, comedy of manners; wrote only one tragedy, near end of life; in 1721, became "Factor" of Haarlem society Trou Moet Blycken, moved back to Haarlem in 1722, appointed as city-artist to Haarlem 1722, wrote yearly poems for the city 1724-1744; house outside the city) <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pieter_Langendijk&oldid=948809020> Wikidata, 14 September 2020 (Pieter Langendijk (Q782615); also known as: Langendyk; description: Dutch writer and poet; sex or gender: male; date of birth: 25 July 1683, Gregorian; date of death: 9 July 1756, Gregorian (4 references; earliest date 9 July 1756, Gregorian; latest date 18 July 1756, Gregorian); occupations: playwright, poet, writer, historian; work locations: The Hague (1697-1704), Amsterdam (1704-1722), Haarlem (1722-1756)) <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q782615>
Associated language	dut