# KRUL, Jan Harmensz.

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1601–1646
- Profession: graphic artist
- School: Dutch

## Biography

Jan Harmensz. Krul was a Dutch playwright, songwriter and composer, founder \(1634\) of the Amsterdam Musyckchamber. This influential poet has set the first paces to improve the Dutch literary climate in the Dutch Golden Age. His portrait was painted by Rembrandt in 1633.

## Related artworks

- [Emblem](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krul-jan-harmensz-r09fb1747076089/emblem-rbc0043c5148897>)
- [Illustration from the Minne-beelden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krul-jan-harmensz-r09fb1747076089/illustration-from-the-minne-beelden-r441dde2a0ac11c>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)