Statue Of Joost van den Vondel — Attraction in Amsterdam

Joost van den Vondel (Dutch: [ˈjoːst fɑn dəɱ ˈvɔndəl]; 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was the Dutch national poet, as well as an essayist, and playwright. He is widely considered the best poet of the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age and the pinnacle of Dutch literature.

Vondel remained productive until a very old age. Several of his most notable plays like Lucifer (play) [nl] and Adam in Exile [nl] were written after 1650, when he was already 65, and his final play Noah (play) [nl], written at the age of eighty, is considered one of his finest.

His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant (1662), on the life of John the Baptist, has been called the...

One of the interesting things to see at Vondelpark is the large monument to 17th-century Dutch playwright Joost van den Vondel.

This monument is the work of Dutch sculptor Louis Royer (1867) who also created the Rembrandt statue at Rembrandt Square. Here you find a bronze statue of a middle-aged Vondel, seated with a book in one hand and a pen in the other.

The statue is atop a decorative plinth that was created by important 19th-century Dutch architect, Pierre Cuypers and includes gold engravings and four angels. There is a large circular base that is surrounded by flower beds.

The monument is a nice depiction of Vondel for whom the park was later named and is worth making time to see if you plan to visit the northeast area...

This bronze statue was sculpted by Louis Royer in 1867, with the pedestal designed by Pierre Cuypers. It honors Joost van den Vondel, a leading poet and playwright of the Dutch Golden Age, often called the "Prince of Dutch poets." Vondel is depicted seated, holding an open book and a quill. The pedestal is adorned on all four sides with stone figures representing the classical muses of...