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What was the working location for Pieter Langendijk between Jul 1707 and Sep 1721?
Pieter Langendijk Pieter Langendijk ( Haarlem , 25 July 1683 – Haarlem , 9 or 18 July 1756 ) was a damask weaver , city artist , dramatist , and poet . Life . Pieter was the son of Arend Kort , a mason born in Langedijk . His father died in 1689 so he temporarily came under the protection of the Amsterdam poet William Sewell . In 1695 , they moved to The Hague and his mother began a linen business . Pieter became a weaver and pattern draughtsman and joined artist circles , where he began to write poetry . Around 1708 Pieter took a course in drawing and painting with Frans van Steenwijk . On his 28th birthday his Don Quichot op de Bruiloft van Kamacho appeared . It proved a success and began a permanent run at the Schouwberg of Van Campen . The farces De zwetser and The mutual marriage-deception appeared the next year . Pieter wrote yet more comedies in the style of Molière , who he also translated and wrote about . With Hermanus Angelkot , he wrote Cato , dedicated to the mayor Nicolaes Witsen . Quincampoix , or the gamblers on the Stock Exchange became very famous , written in the notorious year 1720 that John Law ruined many investors in Paris . Arlequin Actionist was a commedia dellarte farce on the stockjobbery , one act long , with a real fight , dance and music . In 1721 he became Factor of the Haarlem Society Trou Moet Blycken and he moved back to Haarlem with his mother in 1722 . In the same year he was appointed as city-artist to Haarlem , and wrote yearly poems for the city from 1724-1744 . He had a house outside the city , while he could still get out the city . After his mother died in 1727 , he married a sickly and moody woman who died eleven years later . In 1747 , he had to sell a large part of its books and possessions . Pieter lived in Haarlems Proveniershuis , where he was given free accommodation in return for writing a history of the city . The previous description of the city was from 1628 , written by Samuel Ampzing . On his sickbed he wanted to be baptized at home , and only five days did Pieter survive after this religious performance.. . Works . Pieter wrote five pieces of comparable length , in which symmetry played a role . With exposition , intrigue and crisis , he respected the unities of time , place and action , using this classicist form to hold a mirror up to the bourgeoisie . Nowhere did the tone become moralizing , but was more a comedy of manners ( comédies des moeurs ) , showing the hypocrisy of those in the higher positions ( i.e. , the higher bourgeoisie or the impoverished middle-classes ) . Pieter wrote only a single tragedy , at the end of his life . Het wederzijds huwelijksbedrog ( The Mutual Marriage Deception ) . In this comedy , Lodewijk meets Charlotte . Lodewijk is an aristocrat , in great financial difficulties but acting as if he is a rich Polish count . He has a friend called Jan , who proposes to act out one of his barons , so to flirt with the maid of Charlotte : Klaartje . Jan served under Karel in the army , but left as a traitor . Charlotte also comes from the impoverished aristocracy , and acts as if her situation is more prosperous as well . It is very comical to see how both sides try to convince the other that they are extremely wealthy . This mutual marriage deception comes to light when Karel , the brother of Charlotte , unmasks everybody at the theatre . Charlotte and Lodewijk get married anyway , because they have fallen in love with each other . As for Klaartje and Jan , she is disgusted with Jan for lying to her , so she breaks up with him . After that , she tries to get back with her former lover , Hans ( who she broke up with when Jan started flirting with her ) but he wants nothing of her . In the end , the traitor Jan takes flight from the group , as to avoid punishment from his captain : Karel . De spiegel der vaderlandse kooplieden ( The Mirror of Dutch Merchants ) . This work also holds up a mirror to the audience . Two generations are placed opposite each other : those born in the 17th and 18th centuries . Ernst and Hendrik are conscientious seventeenth-century merchants who , through hard work , gain position . Their sons represent the following , 18th century generations , and are called Lichthart ( light heart ) , husband to Kwistgoed , and Losbol ( loose-liver ) , husband of Zoetje . They waste all the money that their fathers have made and the whole family fortune is lost . De Graaven van Holland , in jaardichten beschreven . Bundle of his yearly poems for the city of Haarlem , which formed a series on the Counts of Holland , were compiled with engravings by his nephew Hendrik Spilman in 1745 . His work on the history of Haarlem was never published , but his manuscript was used by Gerrit Willem van Oosten de Bruyn in 1765 . Works . - Spiegel der Vaderlandsche Kooplieden door Pieter Langendijk . Waar agter gevoegd is het Leeven van den Dichter . Uitgegeven met inleiding en aantekeningen door dr . G.A . van Es , ( 1979 ) External links . - Pieter Langendijk author page in the Digitale Bibliotheek Nederlandse Letteren