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    The Violieren (wallflower or gillyflower) was a chamber of rhetoric that dates back to the 15th century in Antwerp, when it was a social drama society...
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    closely associated with one of the city's eminent chambers of rhetoric, the Violieren, and, in fact, the two were often discussed as being the same. By the...
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    Mariakranske) Diploma for the Xth landjuweel (1933) by James Ensor. The Violieren in the procession of 2009 in Mechelen. Mangeot, H. (1860). Des armes de...
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    Catharinisten Tervenbloesel Egelantier Wit Lavendel Goudbloem Olyftack Violieren Heilig Groetsel Barbaristen Jonge Vreugdebloem Jonge Distelbloem Vreugdendal...
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  • in the city, the other two being the Violieren and the Olyftack. It ceased to exist around 1654. The Violieren and Olyftack merged in 1660, and survived...
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    member since 1552 and from 1558 a factor of the chamber of rhetoric De Violieren in Antwerp. In that role he played an important part in the transition...
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    start of the 16th century, Antwerp had three rederijker societies, the "Violieren", the "Olijftak", and the "Goudbloem", while Brussels and Ghent each had...
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    (Pride), first performed by the Violieren on 18 October 1644 De gramschap (Anger), first performed by the Violieren on 18 October 1645 De onkuysheydt...
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    Hendrick van Balen and Frans Francken II on an emblem for the Violieren for which the Violieren obtained a first prize in 1618. Vrancx met with personal tragedy...
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    friends. The same year the pair joined the local chamber of rhetoric Violieren. It has been suggested that Brouwer's painting called Fat Man or Luxuria...
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    painting Optocht van de rederijkerskamer "De Violieren" in 1539 (Procession of the Chamber of Rhetoric "The Violieren" in 1539), in the staircase hallway of...
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    friends. The same year the pair joined the local chamber of rhetoric Violieren. It has been suggested that Brouwer's painting called Fat man or Luxuria...
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    1614 and of his daughter Suzanna in 1623. Verhaecht was a member of the Violieren, a local Chamber of rhetoric connected to the Antwerp Guild of St Luke...
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    Olyftack (Olive Branch) from 1613 to 1621, transferring to the rival Violieren from 1621 to 1629. His tragedies followed the classical type of tragedies...
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     257 Straelen, J.B. van der (1853), "Geschiedenis der Rederykkamer de Violieren of Violettebloem of Violettebloem onder zinspreuk Wt jonsten versaemt...
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    Jacob Grimmer was an active member of the local chamber of rhetoric Violieren where he was celebrated as a poet and author of comic writings. He died...
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    participated annually in the lavish banquet of the chamber of rhetoric Violieren. Snayers joined the painters' guild in Brussels on 16 June 1628. He became...
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    Luke in 1645. In 1649 he became a member of the chamber of rhetoric De Violieren. On 21 February of the same year he married Anna Clara van Triest who...
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    his father. He became a member of the Antwerp Chamber of rhetoric De Violieren in 1585. His sons Abraham and Daniel both trained with him. De Rijckere...
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    mediation role was played by the chambers of rhetoric and in particular the Violieren, which was the chamber of rhetoric of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke...
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    Ketel. Peeter Baltens was a member of the Chamber of rhetoric called Violieren. Baltens' son Dominicus moved to Germany where he married the widow of...
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    merchants and tradesmen. In 1660 it merged with its former rival the Violieren (which was more closely associated with artists and intellectuals), and...
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    legal detention. Barbé was active in the local chamber of rhetoric the Violieren, which was connected with the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. He was the...
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    the reinstatement of certain privileges of the chamber of rhetoric the Violieren, which was linked to the Guild. He established himself as a painter of...
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    driving force behind the further development of the Chamber of rhetoric Violieren of the Guild. He was able to persuade the local playwright Willem Ogier...
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    Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche rederykkamers, chapter 1, Geschiedenis der violieren, by J. B. Van Der Staelen, 1834 Wikimedia Commons has media related to...
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    Peeters, Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche rederykkamers. 1: Geschiedenis der violieren, 1834, p. 81 (in Dutch) The RKD rejects the attribution of one of the...
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    Alexander was active from 1634 in the local chamber of rhetoric "De Violieren". Voet was very successful as engraver and publisher. Around 1665 he employed...
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    (available on Google Books) Fernand Donnet, Het jonstich versaem der Violieren: geschiedenis der rederijkkamer De Olijftak sedert 1480 (Antwerp, 1907)...
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    decoration of the float that represented the Antwerp Chamber of rhetoric De Violieren in the parade during the 'landjuweel' (land jewel, a competition between...
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