Arminianism The Remonstrants were the Dutch Protestants who, after the death of Jacobus Arminius , maintained the views associated with his name. In 1610 they presented to the States of Holland and Friesland a remonstrance in five articles formulating their points of disagreement from Calvinism . History see also Five articles of Remonstrance The five articles include that the divine decree of predestination is conditional, not absolute that the Atonement is in intention universal that man cannot of himself exercise a saving faith that though the grace of God is a necessary condition of human effort it does not act irresistibly in man and that believers are able to resist sin but are not beyond the possibility of falling from grace. The adversaries became known as Gomarists they met them with a counter remonstrance, and so were also known as the Counter Remonstrants . Although the states general issued an edict tolerating both parties and forbidding further dispute, the conflict continued and became linked to Twelve Years Truce political conflicts in the Dutch Republic . The Remonstrants were assailed both by personal enemies and by the political weapons of Maurice of Nassau Maurice of Orange . Their foremost ally Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was executed, and other leaders were imprisoned. In 1618 19 the Synod of Dordrecht , with the thirteen Arminianism Arminian pastors headed by Simon ... they built the town of Friedrichstadt . The doctrine of the Remonstrants was embodied in 1621 in a confessio ... of Remonstrance against a stricter form of Calvinism by 44 ministers. The Remonstrants proclaimed the responsibility ... for all. The Remonstrants first received official recognition in 1795. Their chief congregation ..., E, 1988. Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, 1798 1855 een Remonstrants theoloog in de Biedermeiertijd ... K Holtzapffel red , 2004. Wij Geloven Wat Geloven Wij?. Remonstrants Belijden in 1940 en Nu. Zoetermeer ..., The Netherlands http www.ccel.org ccel schaff encyc09.remonstrants.html Remonstrants Christian Classics ... more details
Image Remonstrantse hofje.JPG 260px thumb right Remonstrantse hofje in the Ursulastraat in Haarlem The Remonstrantshofje is a hofje courtyard surrounded by almshouses in Haarlem , Netherlands . It is one of the hofjes in Haarlem that is traditionally used to provide housing for elderly people. It was founded in 1773 by Justus en Izabella van Leeuwarden on the site of the old Ursula cloister . The hofje has places for six women. The entrance of the hofje is in a remaining wall of the old cloister, and the old cloister chapel serves as the entrance hall. Netherlands struct stub Rijksmonument 19803 coord 52 23 00 N 4 38 01 E display title region NL type landmark source nlwiki Hofjes in Haarlem Category Rijksmonuments in Haarlem Category Hofjes Category 1773 establishments nl Remonstrants Hofje ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Limited depravity is the doctrine that denies original sin and its tainting effects on human free will . Instead, the doctrine asserts that all humans, while bent towards evil, have the inherent ability to accept Jesus Christ s offer of salvation . This belief is held by Pelagianism , Semi Pelagianism , and some who call themselves Arminians . It is rejected by Calvinists and most Arminians including Jacobus Arminius himself, his followers, the Remonstrants , John Wesley and most Methodism Methodists . Category Christian hamartiology DEFAULTSORT Limited Depravity Christian theology stub ... more details
, against the wish of the Remonstrants. Wtenbogaert lost heart in March 1618, and asked to be relieved ... in his defense, and continued to direct the affairs of the Remonstrants. In October 1621, he moved ... support the Remonstrants, though he granted protection to his old teacher. Wtenbogaert began ... 1557 births Category 1644 deaths Category Remonstrants nl Johannes Wtenbogaert ... more details
of the Remonstrants who were summoned before the Synod in 1618. Episcopius was their chief ... of Faith of the Belgic Churches, which had been long established and well known but that, as the Remonstrants ... Oldenbarnevelt who had been the protector of the Arminian Remonstrants. For the crime of general perturbation ... of the Arminian defeat, was the brilliant jurist Hugo Grotius , who was a supporter of the Remonstrants ... Johannes Bogerman chairman Simon Episcopius spokesman of the Remonstrants Daniel Heinsius Franciscus ... more details
Infobox theologian name Simon Episcopius image Simon Episcopius.jpg imagesize 200px alt caption Simon Episcopius, circa 1630 titles Theologian era 17th century region birth date January 8, 1583 birth place death date dda 1643 04 04 1583 01 08 death place occupation language nationality Dutch period tradition movement Arminianism main interests Soteriology notable ideas notableworks spouse children influences Jacob Arminius influenced Hugo Grotius , John Wesley signature signature alt Simon Episcopius January 8, 1583 April 4, 1643 was a Netherlands Dutch theology theologian and Remonstrants Remonstrant who played a significant role at the Synod of Dort in 1618. His name is the Latinisation literature Latinized form of his Dutch name Simon Bischop . Life Born in Amsterdam, in 1600 he entered the University of Leiden , where he studied theology under Jacobus Arminius , whose teaching he followed. In 1610, the year in which the Arminianism Arminians presented the famous Remonstrance to the states of Holland , he became pastor at Bleyswick, a small village near Rotterdam in the following year he advocated the cause of the Remonstrants at The Hague conference. In 1612 he succeeded Franz Gomarus as professor of theology at Leiden, an appointment which awakened the bitter enmity of the Calvinism Calvinists , and, on account of the influence lent by it to the spread of Arminian opinions, was doubtless an ultimate cause of the meeting of the Synod of Dort in 1618. Episcopius was chosen as the spokesman of the thirteen representatives of the Remonstrants before the synod but he was refused a hearing when he would not submit to the Synod s order of discussion which was for him to first present scriptural arguments for the Remonstrants opinions. At the end of the Synod s sittings in 1619, Episcopius and the other twelve Arminian representatives were deprived of their offices and expelled from the country. Episcopius retired to Antwerp and ultimately to France, where he lived par ... more details
Archibald Strachan died 1652 was a Scottish soldier who fought in the War of the Three Kingdoms , reaching the rank of Colonel . His greatest achievement was defeating the Cavaliers Royalist general officer general James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose Montrose at the Battle of Carbisdale . After Charles I of England Charles I came to Scotland, Strachan belonged to the ultra Presbyterianism Presbyterian party of Remonstrants who were suspicious of the king and attempted to reach a negotiated settlement with Oliver Cromwell Cromwell . He was commander in the west, but eventually defected to Cromwell. ref Austin Woolrych, Britain In Revolution Oxford, 2002 , pp. 488 90 ref Footnotes Reflist External links http www.british civil wars.co.uk biog strachan.htm short biography Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Strachan, Archibald ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1652 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Strachan, Archibald Category Scottish soldiers Category 1652 deaths Scotland bio stub ... more details
More footnotes date March 2011 Johannes Acronius 1565, Grimersum , East Frisia &ndash 29 September 1627, Haarlem was a German Reformed theology theologian . He is less known by scientific works, than by his part in the quarrel between Arminianism Arminians Remonstrants and Contra Remonstrants. He was the son of a preacher, Dominicus Acronius, in a village north of Emden , now in the municipality of Krummh rn . He was taught by Zacharias Ursinus and Franciscus Junius the elder Franciscus Junius in Neustadt an der Hardt, today Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . In 1584 he became a preacher in Eilsum , East Frisia, later in Groningen city Groningen and Wesel . He declined a call to Deventer . In 1617 he became professor for theology at the University of Franeker . In the following year he was called to work as preacher in Kampen , mainly to counter some of his colleagues in this area who were deemed too favourable towards Arminius teachings. Being the delegate of the church assembly of Dordrecht in 1618 1619, he indeed accused them of Arminianism, resulting in the unseating of several. In 1619 he went to work as a preacher in Haarlem where he stayed until his death. The Calvinism Calvinists of the time saw in him an educated man of oratory skills, with the fervour to stand for their truth . His opponents described him as an unsettled man with a tendency to polemise. Publications Syntagma Theologiae , Groningen, 1605 Elenchus orthodoxus pseudo relig. Romano Cathol. , Deventer, 1615 Uytmonsteringe van verscheydene dolingen ... der genoemde Lutherschen , Arnheim, 1625 See also Acronius people with this surname . Sources Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie http mdz2.bib bvb.de adb online version http www.gameo.org encyclopedia contents A259.html Acronius, Johannes in the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. See also Acronius Use dmy dates date March 2011 DEFAULTSORT Acronius, Johannes Category 1565 births Category 1627 deaths Category 16th century German people Category ... more details
Sir William Boswell died 1650 was an English diplomat, a resident ambassador to the Netherlands . Life William Boswell was a native of Suffolk . He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge , of which he was elected fellow in 1606. ref Venn id BSWL603W name Boswell, William ref He subsequently entered the diplomatic service, and was appointed secretary to Sir Dudley Carleton , then ambassador at the Hague . Boswell eventually succeeded Carleton, being knighted in 1633. ref name DNB s Boswell, Sir William DNB00 ref A large share of Sir William s attention while ambassador was taken up with the controversy between the Gomarists and the Remonstrants Arminians . He continued the policy of Sir Dudley Carleton, and supported the rigidly Calvinist Gomarists against the Remonstrants. ref name DNB This was for political reasons, and otherwise Boswell was an ally of William Laud . He took a close interest in the migr English churches in the Netherlands, and in 1633 4 helped John Paget intrigue against John Davenport clergyman John Davenport . ref Sprunger, p. 115. ref Charles I of England Charles I ordered Boswell to back Edward Misselden , influential in the Merchant Adventurers, against John Forbes preacher John Forbes . ref Hugh Trevor Roper , Archbishop Laud 1962 edition , pp. 264 9. ref In 1638 Boswell had a prosecution brought against John Canne . ref Sprunger, p. 76. ref When the First English Civil War broke out, Boswell s efforts were directed towards preserving the neutrality of the Dutch. Despite the efforts of Walter Strickland , who was sent over by Oliver Cromwell to counteract his influence, he was quite successful in his mission. ref name DNB Sir William was also a man of letters and a scholar, as is shown in his correspondence with John de Laet , which touches upon subjects ranging from Oriental literature and the compilation of an Arab dictionary to Edward VI s treatise De Primatu Papae, and Sir Simon d Ewes s Saxon vocabulary. Another correspondent was the ... more details
Expand Dutch date January 2009 For Orangism in Belgium, see Orangism Belgium , for Orangism in Luxembourg see Orangism Luxembourg , and for Orangism in Northern Ireland see Orange Institution . Orangism is a monarchism monarchist political support for the House of Orange Nassau as monarchy of the Netherlands . It played a significant role in the political history of the Netherlands since the Dutch revolt . Since the mid 19th century, the Netherlands has been a constitutional monarchy , meaning that the term Orangism is no longer in general use and that the House of Orange, and the colour orange are now national symbols without much other political significance. Supporters of the monarchy are now referred to as monarchists or supporters of the monarchy rather than Orangists, with anti monarchists known as republicans . History To 1795 During the Dutch Republic Orangism, Prinsgezindheid or the Prinsgezinde pro prince party was a political force opposing the Staatsgezinde pro Republic party. This can be seen as a continuation of the political opposition between the remonstrant s and counter remonstrant s during the Twelve Years Truce . The Remonstrants were tolerant and republican, with a liberal view on biblical interpretation, no belief in predestination and were led by men like Johan van Oldenbarnevelt . Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange relied on the counter remonstrants to oppose van Oldenbarnevelt and support the prince s claim to the Dutch throne or stadthouder ship, and things got so bad that civil war threatened. Orangists such as the Vice Admiral Johan Evertsen backed the election of William III of England William III , Prince of Orange , the posthumously born son of William II, Prince of Orange , to the office of stadtholder of the Netherlands. The office had been vacant since the death of William II in 1650. The pro Republic party was marked by caution especially in all matters that could harm trade , led by raadspensionaris Johan de Witt and had supporte ... more details
Smectymnuus was the nom de plume of a group of Puritan clergymen active in England in 1641. It comprised four leading English churchmen, and one Scottish minister Young . They went on to provide core leadership for the anti episcopal forces in the Church of England , continuing into the Westminster Assembly , where they also opposed the Independent movement. The name is an acronym derived from the initials of the five authors Stephen Marshall English clergyman Stephen Marshall , Edmund Calamy the Elder Edmund Calamy , Thomas Young 1587 1655 Thomas Young , Matthew Newcomen , and William Spurstow . Their first pamphlet, An Answer to a booke entituled, An Humble Remonstrance. In Which, the Original of Liturgy and Episcopacy is Disussed , appeared in March, 1641. The pamphlet was written in response to Joseph Hall English Bishop and satyrist Joseph Hall s An Humble Remonstrance to the High Court of Parliament . It is thought that John Milton wrote the postscript for Smectymnuus s reply. This response provoked Hall to write another reply A Defence of the Humble Remonstrance, against the Frivolous and false Expectations of Smectymnuus . Smectymnuus answered Hall again with their A Vindication of the Answer to the Humble Remonstrance, from the Unjust Imputations of Fivolousnesse and Falsehood . Milton also published two tracts defending the Smectymnuus group from Hall Animadversions Animadversions upon The Remonstrants Defence Against Smectymnvvs 1641 and Apology for Smectymnuus 1642 . ref sup Lewalski, Barbara K. The Life of John Milton 2003 Oxford Blackwells Publishers. p. 128, 131. ref Thomas Young was a former tutor and close friend to Milton. ref sup Hawkes, David John Milton a Hero of Our Time 2009 Berkeley Counterpoint Press. p. 110. ref References Reflist Category 1641 works Category Pamphlets Category Literary societies UK org stub ... more details
Johannes Hoornbeek ref Hoornbeck, Hoornbeeck, Hornbeek ref 4 November 1617, Haarlem 23 August 1666, Leiden , was a Dutch Reformed theologian. He was a follower of Gisbertus Voetius , writing with him on spiritual desertion . He was a professor of theology at the University of Leiden and University of Utrecht . Works Hoornbeck was a writer of polemical works. His many works include De Conversione Indorum et Gentilum , libri duo on the conversion of native populations of Asia and America Pro Convincendis, et Convertendis Judaeis , libri octo on the conversion of the Jews He attacked the Socinians , Mennonites , the Remonstrants and Cartesians . A collection of his polemical writing was the Summa Controversiarum Religionis Cum Infidelibus, H reticis, Schismaticis Id Est, Gentilibus, Jud is, Muhammedanis Papistis, Anabaptistis, Enthusiastis et Libertinis, Socinianis Remonstrantibus, Lutheranis, Brouvnistis, Gr cis of 1653. He was painted by Frans Hals . ref http www.humanitiesweb.org human.php?s g&p c&a p&ID 6749 Johannes Hoornbeek by Frans Hals Selected Works& 93 Bot generated title ref Notes reflist External links http www.ccel.org ccel schaff encyc05 Page 362.html Schaff Herzog Encyclopedia page http homepages.rootsweb.com hornbeck hsrc holland.htm Hoornbeek Hornbeck genealogy site DEFAULTSORT Hornbeek, Johannes Category 1617 births Category 1666 deaths Category Dutch theologians Category People from Haarlem Category Leiden University faculty Category Utrecht University faculty Netherlands academic bio stub Theologian stub fy Johannes Hoornbeeck nl Johannes Hoornbeeck ... more details
Gilbert Jack Jachaeus, Jacchaeus c. 1578 1628 was a Scottish Aristotelian philosopher. Life He was born in Aberdeen , and studied at Marischal College under Robert Howie. In 1598 he went to the University of Helmstedt . ref name Pyle Andrew Pyle philosopher Andrew Pyle editor , Dictionary of Seventeenth Century British Philosophers 2000 , article Jack, Gilbert, pp. 463 466. ref ref http www.rcpe.ac.uk library history english students Helmstadt Helmstadt.html ref He was professor, later of physics, at the University of Leiden , from 1605. ref http www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl history fles professors.html ref He was dismissed in 1619, suspected of sympathy with the Remonstrants ref http www.abdn.ac.uk wad005 documents forbes.pdf Nicholas Thompson, The Long Reach of Reformation Irenicism the Considerationes Modestae et Pacificae of William Forbes 1585 1634 , p. 10 ref he was reinstated in 1623. ref name Pyle His students included Franck Burgersdijk and Adolph Vorstius . ref http genealogy.math.uni bielefeld.de genealogy id.php?id 114992 ref Works Institutiones Physicae 1614 Primae Philosophiae Institutiones 1616 Institutiones Medicae 1624 The Institutiones Physicae is in nine books, and accepts the occult influence of the heavens. ref Lynn Thorndike , History of Magic and Experimental Science , vol. 12 1923 p. 390. ref Notes reflist External links http www.electricscotland.com history other jack gilbert.htm DEFAULTSORT Jack, Gilbert Category 1578 births Category 1628 deaths Category Scottish philosophers ... more details
about its fall. Leiden was one of the Holland cities whose Regenten regents were partisans of the Remonstrants ... private armies, called waardgelders . The Counter Remonstrants, the enemies of the Remonstrants ... van Ledenberg to discuss strategy in the political struggle with Maurice and the Counter Remonstrants ... more details
Image File Someren Downer, Haya van SFA002010540 copy.jpg thumb right 220px Haya van Someren Haya Victoria van Someren Downer July 5, 1926 November 12, 1980 was a Netherlands Dutch politician of the People s Party for Freedom and Democracy VVD . She was a House of Representatives of the Netherlands Member of the House of Representatives from March 20, 1959 until October 1, 1968. She was the People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Party Chair Party Chairwoman from March 29, 1969 until March 15, 1975. And a Senate of the Netherlands Member of the Senate from September 17, 1974 until November 12, 1980 and the Parliamentary group leader Parliamentary leader in the Senate of the Netherlands Senate from June 6, 1976 until her death on November 12, 1980 at the age of 54. ref nl icon http www.absolutefacts.nl politiek data somerenhayavan1926.htm Haya van Someren 1926 1980 ref References Reflist 2 External links nl icon http www.parlement.com 9291000 biof 01285 H.V. Haya van Someren Downer small Parlement & Politiek small nl icon http www.eerstekamer.nl persoon mw h v van someren downer vvd H.V. van Someren Downer VVD small Eerste Kamer der Staten Generaal small Persondata NAME Someren, Haya van ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1926 PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam, Netherlands DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1980 PLACE OF DEATH Rotterdam, Netherlands DEFAULTSORT Someren, Haya van Category 1926 births Category 1980 deaths Category Dutch politicians Category Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands Category Members of the Senate of the Netherlands Category People s Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians Category Dutch women in politics Category Dutch civil servants Category Dutch journalists Category Remonstrants Category University of Amsterdam alumni Category VU University Amsterdam alumni Category People from Amsterdam Category People from Rotterdam Category Deaths from breast cancer Category Cancer deaths in the Netherlands Netherlands ... more details
tienne de Courcelles Latin Stephanus Curcellaeus Geneva 2 May 1586 Amsterdam 20 May 1659 was an Arminian Greek scholar and translator. ref BBKL c curcellaeus s band 1 autor Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz artikel Curcellaeus, Stephanus Etienne de Courcelle spalten 1175 1176 ref He studied from 1609 in Z rich , and after was French Protestant minister of Amiens , translator of Grotius , and successor of Simon Episcopius at the Remonstrant seminary in Amsterdam. ref Corinna L. Vermeulen Strategies and Slander in the Protestant Part of the Republic of Letters in Toon Houdt Self presentation and social identification the rhetoric and ... 2000 ref He is credited with introducing Cartesianism into Dutch Arminian circles. Courcelles was a personal friend of Descartes , and translated the Discours de la m thode and Les m teores into Latin, but he was only superficially influenced by Descartes. ref http www.mywire.com a Enc Enlightenment Arminianism 9457514 Arminianism in Oxford Encyclopedia of Enlightenment OUP 2005 ref Works Novum Testamentum Greek New Testament 1658, 909 pages. Specimina philosophiae 1644 Latin translations of Descartes Discours de la m thode and Les m teores The Arminians strove whenever they could to reconcile the philosophical systems of their day. This resulted in an eclectic philosophy consisting mainly of elements of moderate Cartesianism and Lockean empiricism. References references DEFAULTSORT Courcelles, Etienne de Category 1586 births Category 1659 deaths Category Remonstrants ... more details
Marcin Ruar German Martin Ruar , Latin Ruarius , pseudonym Aretius Crispinus Krempe , Holstein 1589 Straszyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship Straszyn near Gda sk 1657 was a Socinian writer, advocate of religious tolerance, and rector of the Racovian Academy from 1620 to 1622. ref Chmaj, Ludwik Marcin Ruar studjum z dziej w racjonalizmu religijnego w Polsce 1921 pp154 ref Ruar was born son of a Lutheran preacher. He studied in University of Altdorf Altdorf , where he became acquainted with and adopted the non trinitarian of Fausto Sozzini , and then studied law at Leiden. He was a polyglot making frequent travels through Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the countries of Germany, promoting non trinitarian teaching and pleas for tolerance, publishing and earning a reputation as one of the most educated men of his era. He was offered a professorship at Cambridge , but rejected the proposal, due to the requirement to acknowledge the Trinity . He moved to Poland in 1614 and was appointed rector of the Racovian Academy for three years in the 1620s, but resigned because of the burdens of the teaching and administration. In 1631 Ruar moved to Gda sk, where he was a minister in the German speaking Socinian congregation. Known for his humanist and liberal views, Ruar was not doctrinaire and tried to reconcile Socinians with the Mennonite Remonstrants. Journeying to the Netherlands Ruar established contacts between the Polish Arianism Arians and the Dutch Remonstrant movement and with Jacobus Arminius . ref Bogdan Suchodolski A history of Polish culture 1986 p105 ref However his position against the Trinity remained clear, as in extensive correspondence with Remonstrants, such as the minister of Hazerswoude, Samuel Naeranus, on the Trinity. ref Piet Visser Socinianisme in de Nederlanden p312 ref In 1643 Ruar had married the daughter of Martin Voss, from a well off and prominent Gda sk family and converted his wife, her family, friends and many citizens. These conversions did ... more details
Image Saenredam Het oude stadhuis te Amsterdam.jpeg thumb 300px The old town hall of Amsterdam by Pieter Jansz Saenredam Geurt van Beuningen 1565 1633 was the son of a cheese dealer, mayor of Amsterdam and administrator of the Dutch East India Company VOC . He was one of the first of the VOC s subscribers in 1602. For years he was a member of the Amsterdam vroedschap . Life Also Van Beuningen was at first a merchant in dairy products, but became one of the biggest shareholder in the VOC. In 1623 Van Beuningen bought all the Black pepper pepper shipped and on its way to Amsterdam. This action proved profitable to him and which was later followed by others. Van Beuningen moved from the Kalverstraat to the Sint Antoniesbreestraat , living next to Pieter Lastman , who taught Rembrandt in those years. Van Beuningen was known as a remonstrant , and remonstrants were no churchgoers, anti calvinist s, tolerant and supporters of peace with Spain. From the hand of Vondel the following anecdote on Van Beuningen s is known scarcely recovered from a heavy illness, he wanted to go to the city hall, where a crucial decision was about to be taken. Van Beuningen was taking advice from the doctor Nicolaes Tulp and a second opinion from a Roman Catholic physician. The latter one told him to travel with Tulp, also a fierce Calvinist, in his carriage to the city hall. Mayor Reynier Pauw , an anti remonstrant and one of the judges of Johan van Oldenbarneveldt , had not reckoned with another opponent and was stunned to see him walking in. Descendents His son Dirk van Beuningen 1588 1648 married the melancholic Catharina Burgh, the sister of Albert Burgh . Dirk van Beuningen was active in grain trade, between Moscovia and the Levant , together with his brother in law Reynier Reaal . Dirk and his wife had six children, including the diplomat and colorful burgomaster Coenraad van Beuningen . External links http www.dbnl.org tekst vond001dewe03 vond001dewe03 0079.htm Digital Library for Dutch ... more details
Image Paulus Moreelse Zelfportret.jpg thumb right Self portrait c.1630 Image Portrait of a young woman by Moreelse 1615 .jpg thumb Portrait of a young woman 1615 Paulus Moreelse 1571, Utrecht city Utrecht 6 March 1638, Utrecht was a Dutch painter, mainly of portraits. Life Moreelse was a pupil of the Delft portrait painter Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt , who had himself been a pupil of Anthonie van Blocklandt . He took a study trip to Italy , where he received many portrait commissions. Back in Utrecht, in 1596 he became a member of the zadelaarsgilde , which was the traditional name in Utrecht for the Guild of Saint Luke . In 1611, along with Abraham Bloemaert , he was one of the founders of a new painters guild, called St. Lucas gilde , and became its first deken . ref http www.rkd.nl rkddb dispatcher.aspx?action search&database ChoiceArtists&search priref 57653 57653 Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie , artist record. ref Moreelse was a well known portrait painter who received commissions from right across the Dutch Republic . His earliest work dates to 1606. Other than portraits, he also painted a few history painting s in the Mannerist style and in the 1620s produced pastoral scenes of herders and shepherds. He belonged to the same generation as Abraham Bloemaert and Joachim Wtewael , and like Wtewael he played an important role in the public life of their city. His version of Diana and Callisto was engraved by Jan Saenredam . ref name DeBie Het Gulden Cabinet p 499 ref In 1618, when the Remonstrants anti remonstrant s came to power in Utrecht, he was raadslid . Moreelse was also active as an architect , building Utrecht s Catharijnepoort 1626, demolished c.1850 and possibly also the Vleeshuis still extant on Voorstraat from 1637. He taught at Utrecht s tekenacademie , and among his many pupils was Dirck van Baburen . On his death he was buried in the Buurkerk in Utrecht. Reference reflist Equivalent Dutch External links http www.wga.hu frames e.html ... more details
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