Muiderkring

Dutch poet and writer (1587-1679)

Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue in the Renaissance-Baroque eras

Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician (1577-1660)

Dutch writer, poet and composer (1596-1687)

Dutch historian and writer (1581–1647)

Dutch Protestant theologian, linguist, historian and humanist (1577-1649)

Dutch poet and playwright (1585-1618)

Dutch polymath (1584-1648)

Dutch writer

Dutch admiral (1583-1637)

Dutch poet and engraver (1594-1649)

Dutch artist

Dutch poet, playwright, glassmaker, theatre stage-manager and director (1610/12-1667)

right|thumb|250px|The artists of the Muiden Circle painted by Jan Adam Kruseman (1852) The Muiderkring (Muiden Circle) was the name given to a group of figures in the arts and sciences who regularly met at the castle of Muiden near Amsterdam during the first half of the 17th century, or the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic. The central figure of the Muiderkring was the poet Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft; Constantijn Huygens, Dirck Sweelinck, Vondel, Bredero and the poet sisters Anna Visscher and Maria Tesselschade Visscher were also considered part of the group.

Dutch politician (1593-1647)