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HOOFT, Willem Dirksz. - b. 1594 Amsterdam, d. 1658 Amsterdam - WGA

HOOFT, Willem Dirksz.

(b. 1594 Amsterdam, d. 1658 Amsterdam)

Dutch craftsman and publisher. He wrote five plays, Jan Saly (1622), Doortrapte Melis (1623), Styve Piet (1628), Andrea de Piere Peerdekooper (1628) and Heden-daeghsche Verlooren Soon (1630). No other biographical data are available about him.

The Prodigal Son
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The Prodigal Son

The picture shows the title page of Hooft’s farcical play Heden-daeghsche Verlooren Soon (The Contemporary Prodigal Son). The engraving depicts the prodigal son carousing with a prostitute while drinking in a tavern.

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