Maria Tesselschade Visscher

Maria Tesselschade Roemer ( dochter ) Visscher (* March 25, 1594 in Amsterdam, † June 20, 1649 ) was a Dutch poet and engraver. She enjoyed high reputation among their contemporaries and was transfigured into womanhood Ideal later.

Life

It got its unusual second name in memory of a financial loss, the father a few months before the birth has suffered. More than forty -laden ships which lay in front of the island of Texel, went down during a storm. Kaufmann Roemer Visscher was affected by it both as a grain dealer as well as an insurer. She was the daughter of the merchant Roemer Visscher and his wife Aefgen Jansdochter. In her parents' home were their artistic talents, as well as her ten- year-old sister, continuously and they rose up early acquaintance with poets. 1623 she married Crombalch Allard, who was probably an officer in the Navy. 1634 her husband died and her younger daughter on the same day. 1641 she converted to Catholicism.

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Roemer wrote her poetic works in the Mannerist style. They drew inspiration from this Corneliszoon Pieter Hooft and Constantijn Huygens, which in turn were based on poets such as Giambattista Marino and John Donne.