Joan Leonardsz Blasius
Joan Leonardszoon Blasius (13 April 1639 – 6 December 1672) was a Dutch poet, playwright, translator and lawyer. Joan Leonardsz Blasius was born near Cadzand in Oostvliet, a village now lost to the North Sea, he was the younger brother of the famous doctor Gerard Blasius. Blasius in 1670 became director of the Amsterdam Municipal Theatre, the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, but because of this powerful position as well as the romantic nature of his works for the theatre, he incurred the enmity of the tradition oriented theatre company "Nil volentibus arduum".
Also recorded as Joan Leonardszoon Blasius
Joan Leonardsz Blasius
Joan Leonardsz Blasius · This digital media file - and/or the physical objects depicted on it - originates from the digital and/or physical collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, national library of the Netherlands. · Public domain
- Born
- 1639
- Died
- 1672
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- poet · writer · lawyer · playwright · translator · jurist
- Languages
- Dutch
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Joan Leonardszoon Blasius (13 April 1639 – 6 December 1672) was a Dutch poet, playwright, translator and lawyer. Joan Leonardsz Blasius was born near Cadzand in Oostvliet, a village now lost to the North Sea, he was the younger brother of the famous doctor Gerard Blasius. Blasius in 1670 became director of the Amsterdam Municipal Theatre, the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, but because of this powerful position as well as the romantic nature of his works for the theatre, he incurred the enmity of the tradition oriented theatre company "Nil volentibus arduum".
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Joan Leonardsz Blasius. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1983159
In this article
Poetry
Poetry
When he put on Plautus's Menaechmi in translation, that theatre company promptly came out with a translation of its own. Their attacks, however, were fiercely answered by Blasius' friends, especially Thomases Asselyn. Blasius' work was in high repute amongst his contemporaries, but today critical opinion no longer holds it in high esteem. Blasius died in Amsterdam. His friends contributed to an Album amicorum for him, which included work by such prominent authors as Joost van der Vondel, Constantijn Huygens, Joannes Antonides van der Goes, Jan Vos and Jacob Westerbaen.
• Geslachtboom der Goden en Godinnen, waarachter bijgevoegde Mengeldichten (1661) • Fidamants Kusjes, Minnewijsen en Bijrijmen aan Celestijne (1663) • Heilige Gedachten over het avondmaal onses Heeren (naar 't Latijn van R. Kenchenius) met noch andere Bijbelstof (1665) [an adaptation of Kenchenius' poem in Latin]
Drama
Drama
• De Edelmoedige Vijanden (a comedy after Scarron) (1659) • Lysander en Kaliste (first part, 1660; reissued 1663; second part, 1663) • Dubbel en Enkkel (a comedy after Plautus) (1670) • Het Huwelijk van Oroondate en Statira (after the French) (1670) • De Malle Wedding (a farce after Boisrobert) (1671).
Album amicorum Jacob Heyblocq KB131H26 - p243 - Joan Leonardsz Blasius - Poem
Joan Leonardsz Blasius · This digital media file - and/or the physical objects depicted on it - originates from the digital and/or physical collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, national library of the Netherlands.
Joan Leonardsz Blasius, Thumbnail
Joan Leonardsz Blasius · This digital media file - and/or the physical objects depicted on it - originates from the digital and/or physical collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, national library of the Netherlands.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 20 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,427 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Joan HalifaxAuthor
- Joan HambidgeAuthor
- Joan KaneAuthor
- Joan LarkinAuthor
- Joan Manuel GisbertAuthor
- Joan MaragallAuthor
- Joan Mari TorrealdaiAuthor
- Joan MetelerkampAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Joan Leonardsz Blasius?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.