Collectie Gerardus van Papenbroeck
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Country
NL
Name of institution (English)
Leiden University Libraries
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
dut
Contact information: postal address
Universiteitsbibliotheek, Witte Singel 27, 2311 BG Leiden
Contact information: phone number
0031 71 527 2857
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Reference number
PAP
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Title (English)
Gerardus van Papenbroeck Collection
Title (official language of the state)
Collectie Gerardus van Papenbroeck
Language of title
dut
Creator / accumulator
Gerardus van Papenbroeck
Date(s)
1520/1743
Language(s)
deu
dut
lat
spa
Extent
23 manuscripts, 19 annotated prints
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This collection, accumulated by Gerard van Papenbroeck (1673-1743), contains hundreds of letters written by scholars, poets, and diplomats, such as Barlaeus, Brandt, Buchelius, Erasmus, Hugo de Groot, P.C. Hooft, Hoogerbeets, Van Oldenbarrnevelt, Salmasius, Spiegel, Uytenbogaert, and Vondel, including autographs by Maurice, Frederick Henry, and Louise de Coligny. The manuscripts include the alba amicorum of Reinoud van Brederode and J. van Broekhuizen, as well as manuscripts containing texts by Hooft, Vondel, and Hugo de Groot. The collection includes two letters from Menasseh Ben Israel (1604-1657) to Claudius Salmasius (1588-1653) in 1638 (PAP 2 and PAP 7). Both were published by Henry Méchoulan (1979).
Archival history
The collection was acquired as a bequest in 1743. Leiden University received all marbles (later the core collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden), 19 portraits, 23 manuscripts and 19 annotated prints. The library archives contain information on acquisition (BA1, inv. L 3 bis). The manuscripts were first described by Geel (1852) and later, in a more concise form, in the Catalogue compendiarius (1932).
Administrative / Biographical history
Gerard van Papenbroeck (1673-1743) was a merchant and art collector from Amsterdam. He used his wealth to build a unique collection that expressed his humanistic love for art and culture. He admired classical antiquity, but also those who had made its treasures available to modern people. This is particularly reflected in his extensive collection of portraits that includes a large number of modern scholars. The value he attached to the transmission of classical heritage is equally apparent in his interest in "modern" literature, and primarily that of his own country. As a bachelor, Van Papenbroek had no direct heirs. Thus, he ensured that his collections of manuscripts, portraits, and antiquities would not be sold and dispersed after his death. He bequeathed most of them to the universities of Amsterdam and Leiden.
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Carla Vieira, 2022
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