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Constantijn Huygens was a poet, composer and connoisseur of art and the classics. He was also secretary and confidant to three princes of Orange for 62 years. Hofwijck was also the place where Constantijn’s son Christiaan spent a significant part of his life. Christiaan Huygens was a member of the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge and became one of the greatest inventors and scientists. At the end of his life, at Hofwijck, he wrote Cosmotheoros, his magnum opus on the universe. At Huygens’s Hofwijck we look at the seventeenth century through the eyes of these two versatile men. With Constantijn and Christiaan, the story is about literature, art, music, politics, the House of Orange, science and life at a seventeenth-century country estate.

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Author:   Kees van der Leer ,  Henk Boers
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:  

9789463722292

ISBN 10:   9463722297
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   21 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface Acknowledgment Ithaka Prize I Constantijn Huygens in The Hague: a courtier in the capital 1596-1687 II Constantijn Huygens and Hofwijck: a courtier as a landscape architect 1639-1687 III Christiaan Huygens: an inventive scientist at Hofwijck 1687-1695 IV Hofwijck's Heirs: Care and Neglect 1695-1750 V Hofwijck outside the family: division and impending demolition 1750-1913 VI Hofwijck in safe hands: a narrow rescue 1913-1914 VII The Restoration of House and Garden from 1914 onwards: A long way up 1914-2000 VIII The Restored Garden around 2005: A successful reconstruction 2000-2011 Map of the Netherlands Genealogical scheme Literature Notes Origin of images Register on personal names The authors Colophon

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Kees van der Leer is an economist, historian and former teacher. Besides his publications on Hofwijck, he wrote several books on special persons, houses, country houses and gardens. For a complete list of publications see: www.keesvanderleer.nl. Henk Boers is connected as a hortulanus to the historical gardens of Het Muiderslot near Amsterdam and Hofwijck near The Hague. He has also designed and supervised the restoration and reconstruction of these gardens. Boers wrote several articles about the castle and gardens of the Muiderslot. In 2016, Boers and Van der Leer won the prestigious Ithaka Prize.

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