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D.R. Camphuysen.

D.R. Camphuysen. Hier siet Gy afgeschetst Camphuysen na het Leeven, Een Voorbeeld van de Deug'd door Yver Aangedreeven: Die Godlyk Sprakm en Schreef, Yaa met een reyne Iong, En onvermoeide Vlyt, der Christien pligt vaak Zong. Volg dan zyn Veylig spoor. Doorlees zyn Nutte Roekken Len spyse voor u Ziel, spyt dies Mans deugden Vloekken.

P. Sluyter Sculp.
[n.d. c.1715.]
Fine engraving. Plate 187 x 152mm. 7¼ x 6".
The Remonstrant pastor and poet Camphuysen was not too keen on portraits: ‘this lifeless thing/ but a shadow of its real self' was part of a verse he wrote on portrait paintings. The portrait is framed by the symbols for Faith, Hope and Love; cherubs seated on clouds to the upper right reading, and upper left playing a violin and cello. Dirk Rafelsz Camphuysen (1586-1627) was a Dutch painter, poet and theologian. He was working in Leiden and Amersfoort. He was better known as a preacher and poet.
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