Background
He was born in Amsterdam and travelled to Rome in 1667 where he became a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname Satyr.
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Cornelis Rijssen
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He returned to Amsterdam in 1669 and published a book of poems in 1704. The book was popular and was reprinted in 1708 and 1719.
Membership
Bentvueghels]
He is known for his poems about various members of the Bentvueghels group, most notably Daniel Mijtens the Younger, whose nickname was Bontekraay and which poem Houbraken included in his Schouburg.
