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Biografia. Dal 1666 al 1667 fu borgomastro di Dordrecht. In seguito governò a stretto contatto con suo fratello minore, il Gran pensionario Johan de Witt, e lo sostenne per tutta la sua carriera con grande abilità e vigore.
Cornelis de Witt (pronunciation ⓘ; 15 June 1623 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch politician and naval commander of the Golden Age. During the First Stadtholderless Period De Witt was an influential member of the Dutch States Party, and was in opposition to the House of Orange.
Johan de Witt, ovvero Jan de Witt, è stato un politico e matematico olandese. Figura chiave nella politica della Repubblica delle Sette Province Unite, nel periodo che va sotto il nome di Secolo d'oro olandese. Con lo zio Cornelis de Graeff, de Witt ha dominato le istituzioni olandesi del tempo.
Johan and Cornelis de Witt. Johan de Witt was the grand pensionary of the province of Holland in 1653. This was a stadholderless period in the Republic because Prince William III was still a minor.
Cornelis de Witt (Dordrecht, 15 juni 1623 – Den Haag, 20 augustus 1672) was in de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden een van de leidende personen van de staatsgezinden en behoorde tot de bekendste 'Nederlanders' van zijn tijd.
1 lug 2015 · How were the brothers Cornelis and Johannes de Witt, murdered in 1672, remembered and forgotten in art and politics? This article explores the iconography and reception of their painted portraits by Jan de Baen and Caspar Netscher.
5 giu 2024 · The ultimate humiliation: the nude, flayed corpses of Johan and Cornelis de Witt on public display in the Groene Zoodje, the execution ground on the Vijverberg in the middle of The Hague. On 20 August 1672 they were assassinated by their political opponents.
