Bygedichten op Otto Vaenius zinnebeelden uit Q. Horatius Flaccus - Janssen van ter Goes, Anthony 1625/26-1699; Horatius 65 BC-8 BC; Vaenius, Otto 1556-1629 (Amsterdam Lescailje Nil Volentibus Arduum, 1709)
Otto Van Veen (=Vaenius) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and humanist. His emblematic poetry "Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata" was first published in 1607
contains a biography of Otto van Veen
title page engraving by/after Gerard de Lairesse (1641-1711)
Manuscript signature J. Vincent
Nil volentibus arduum is a Latin expression meaning "nothing is impossible for those willing", and the name of a 17th-century Dutch literary society
De Twéde Druk, vermeerdert, én naauwkeuig verbétert
Keywords: Nil Volentibus Arduum; 18th Century (1701-1800); Classical Antiquity (8th Century BC-6th Century AD); Poetry; Emblem; Biography; Netherlands