A poet and glazier, Jan Vos (1610-1667) ran his own small glazier business in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam. His careers as both poet and glazier converged in several ways. This article shows how Vos the poet portrayed himself as a glazier in his poems, while Vos the glazier profited from his reputation as (city) poet,…

In seventeenth-century Amsterdam, poets showed their commitment to their city by praising it, its council and its politics in poems and tableaux vivants. Supported by rich and powerful city regents who acted as patrons, some poets achieved the unofficial status of ‘poet laureate’ of Amsterdam. One of them was Jan Vos (1610-1667). As this article…

Op de ets Klucht of Vernieûwende gedachtenis van de pûrgeerende boontiens (ca. 1680) is een zaal te zien met langs de wanden lange rijen tafels met daarop de resten van een, naar het zich laat aanzien, overdadig diner. Midden in de zaal en op de voorgrond van de ets is een aantal figuren te zien…