Theodorus Schrevelius

Background

He was born in Haarlem, and in 1591 went to study Greek and Latin at the University of Leiden.

Career

He became the assistant director of the Latin school in Haarlem in 1597, where he also started work on translating Ovid. In 1609 he succeeded Cornelis Schonaeus as director of the Haarlem Latin School, but in 1620 he was dismissed for his Remonstrant ideas. He fled to Leiden with other Haarlem Remonstrant supporters and from 1625-1642 he was director of the Latin school in Leiden (where Rembrandt had received his early education from ca 1615-1620).

He died in 1649 and was buried in the Saint Bavochurch in the Brewer"s chapel.

Works In this book, Schrevelius includes biographical sketches of many local artists that Arnold Houbraken later used for his Schouburg. The list of painters Houbraken included (Schrevelius listed many more) were Johannes Torrentius, Pieter de Grebber, Frans Pietersz de Grebber, Maria de Grebber, Gerard Sprong, Hendrik Gerritsz Pot, Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen, Cornelis Verbeeck, Hans Goderis, Cornelis Vroom, son of Hendrik Vroom, John

Jakobsz. who spent many years in Italy, Nicolas Zuyker, Gerrit Claesz Bleker, Salomon van Ruysdael, Reyer van Blommendael, Floris van Dyck, Willem Heda, Roeland van Laer, Pieter van Laer, Pieter Holsteyn, and January Philipsz van Bouckhorst. In his Harlemias, Schrevelius claimed that the art of printing, itself the keeper of all science, was invented in Haarlem in 1440 by Laurens Janszoon Coster.

The street Schreveliusstraat in Haarlem is named after him.

Connections

colleague:

Karel van Mander

Friend:

Samuel Ampzing