Cornelis de Bie, Flemish poet and jurist (died 1715)

Cornelis de Bie

Flemish writer and jurist (1627–c. 1712)

Cornelis de Bie was a Flemish rederijker, poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier. He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies. He is known internationally today for his biographical sketches of Flemish and Dutch painters in his Het Gulden Cabinet der Edel Vry…