Roemer Visscher
(1547-1620)

poet

Died aged c. 73

Roemer Pieterszoon Visscher (1547 – 19 February 1620) was a successful Dutch merchant, the first Dutch underwriter and writer of the Dutch Golden Age.

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't Saligh Roemers Huys. Wiens vloer betreden word, wiens dorpel is gesleten van Schilders, kunstenaers, van Sangers en Poëten' (Vondel, 1623). In dit pand en in de aangrenzende panden woonden en werkten de koopman-dichter Roemer Visscher en zijn talentvolle dochters Anna (1583-1651) en Maria Tesselschade (1594-1649)

Geldersekade 16, Amsterdam, Netherlands where they lived