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Johan de Witt, Lord of Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp en IJsselvere, was a Dutch statesman and a major political figure in the Dutch Republic in the mid-17th century, the First Stadtholderless Period, when its flourishing sea trade in a period of global colonisation made the republic a leading European trading and seafaring power – now commonly referred to as the Dutch ...
Johan de Witt was born in Dordrecht on 24 September 1625, the son of Jacob de Witt (1589–1674) and Anna van den Corput (1599–1645), and the brother of Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672). After attending the Latin school in Dordrecht, he studied law at Leiden University and received a doctorate in law in France, before practising law from 1647 in The Hague.
Jan de Witt attended Beeckman's school in Dordrecht, then in 1641 he entered the University of Leiden to study law. At university he showed remarkable talents, especially in mathematics and law. In 1645 Jan and his elder brother Cornelius visited France, Italy, Switzerland and England, then on his return Jan lived at The Hague as an advocate from 1647 to 1650 .
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers is a c. 1672–75 oil on canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Jan de Baen, now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It shows the dead and mutilated bodies of the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt hanging upside down on the Groene Zoodje, the place of execution in front of the Gevangenpoort in The Hague.
Johan de Witt, též Jan de Witt. ( 24. září 1625 – 20. srpna 1672) byl nizozemský politik v 17. století, v době největší nizozemské koloniální expanze. Byl rovněž významným matematikem a právníkem, své matematické teorie aplikoval i do ekonomické správy země.
9. For a (almost) complete catalogue of portraits and prints depicting Cornelis and Johan de Witt, see C. H. C. A. van Sypesteyn, Cornelis en Johan de Witt: Portretten en historieprenten (’s-Gravenhage: W. P. van Stockum, 1929). 10. Panhuysen, Ware Vrijheid, 460, mentions that several butchers in the mob helped to dismember the bodies. 11.
Johan Jr. was the son of Johan de Witt and his wife Wendela Bicker (1635–1668). Having been part of the old Dutch patrician De Witt family, De Witt took a seat as secretary of the city of Dordrecht. [1] After the early death of his mother, his relatives, Gerard Bicker (I) van Swieten and Catherine van Sijpesteijn, who lived in the same house ...
