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Questiers, Catharina (1630 - 1669)

Last edited by Irene_Fernandez_Saez on Dec. 5, 2024, 3:05 p.m.
Short name Questiers, Catharina
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/62637524
First name Catharina
Birth name Questiers
Married name
Alternative name Catharina Questiers -de Hoest
Date of birth 1630
Date of death 1669
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Amsterdam
Place of death Amsterdam
Lived in Netherlands
Place of residence notes
Mother
Father
Children
Religion / ideology Catholic
Education
Aristocratic title -
Professional or ecclesiastical title -
UNKNOWN
Questiers, Catharina was ...
related to Joost van den Vondel
related to Veer, Cornelia van der
related to Huygens, Constantijn
related to Hieronymus Sweerts
related to Weert, Goudina van
related to Katarina Verwers
Profession(s)
Memberships
Place(s) of Residence Netherlands
Circulations of Questiers, Catharina, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Date Type

Receptions of Questiers, Catharina, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Op de kunstige Teekeningen en Bootzeerzels van Juffr. Catharina Questiers Joost van den Vondel 1654 comments on person
*Art. on Lucretia van Merken en Christina de Neufville Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1762 -
*Lemma in Biografisch ... woordenboek der Nederduitsche dichters P. G. Witsen Geysbeek 1824 comments on person
Beknopte geschiedenis [...] Matthijs Siegenbeek 1826 comments on person
Geschiedenis der Nederduitsche dichtkunde Jeronimo de Vries 1835 comments on person
*Mention in schoolbook Mulder, Samuel Israel 1847 comments on person
Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche letteren, een handboek voor gymnasien en hoogere burgerscholen (1e druk) Everts, Willem 1868 comments on person
Overzicht der Nederlandsche Letterkunde (1e druk) Jan te Winkel 1882 comments on person
*Lemma in Biografisch woordenboek Branden, Frans Josef Peter van den , J. G. Frederiks 1888 comments on person
Gesch. der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Gerrit Kalff 1909 comments on person
*Mention in Het aandeel der vrouw [...] Maurits Basse 1920 -

MENTIONED IN:
- Lauwerkrans 1997, p. 9, 11, 28, 29, 48, 57, 68, 92, 241, 243, 246, 316-321, 354, 356, 360, 602.
- Van Gemert e.a. (eds.), Women's Writing from the Low Countries. A bilingual anthology 1200-1875, p. 286-293 - see URL for this chapter
- Ter Laan 1941, Van Bork en Verkruijsse 1985
- see link DBNL
- Stouten/Goedegebuure/Van Oostrom 1999, 302
online-portrait in DVN?

Stimulated by her father who was a board member of the Brabantse kamer, and later member of the Costers Academie.
Brother David wrote poetry as well.
Next to writing poetry, Catharina also performed other arts: painting, sculpting, engraving copper and glass and artistic cutting.

Knew Vondel, Joan Blasius and Constantijn Huygens.
Admired Maria Tesselschade Roemerdr. Visscher (= rec. !!)

AdresATM: Warmoesstraat

HOoms (relations)