Johannes Goedaert
Johannes Goedaert (baptized March 19, 1617 in Middelburg ; † February 1668 there ) was a Dutch entomologist , painter and illustrator of insects.
Also Goedhart, Goedartius, Jan Goedart and other spellings. He was baptized on March 19, 1617 in Middelburg. He painted birds and insects in watercolors and landscapes.
He is known for his illustrations of insects, including their metamorphosis. It was important to him to draw the insects according to his own observation and not from books.
He also made mistakes in his work, for example he wrote that flies arise from caterpillars, by which he probably meant parasitic wasps. This earned him the criticism of Jan Swammerdam and Pieter Lyonet (1706–1789).
As an artist he can be traced back to Middelburg from 1635 to 1667.
He also had a reputation as a chemist. He sold a recipe for extracts from wormwood, which he got to know in France, to a pharmacist in Holland.
He had a daughter and a son who was a surgeon who was captured by the Turks but was ransomed in 1668.
Fonts
- Metamorphosis naturalis, ofte historical beschrijvinghe van den oorspronck, aerd, eygenschappen ende vreemde veranderinghen der wormen, Middelburg 1662, 1667, 1669
- French translation: Histoire des insectes, Amsterdam 1700; it has also been translated into English (York 1682, by Martin Lister) and Latin. The book contains around 150 illustrations.
Web links
- Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek
References and comments
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goedaert, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch entomologist and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized March 19, 1617 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Middelburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1668 |
| Place of death | Middelburg |