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Portrait bust to the left of Hadrianus Junius (1511-1575). Junius was a philologist, city doctor, humanist and poet in Haarlem. His real name was Adriaen de Jonghe. In 1566, on the intercession of William of Orange, he was appointed official historian of the province of Holland. In 1562-1563 he served in Copenhagen as governor of the Danish crown prince (later Christian IV); He was also city physician of Haarlem and rector of the Latin school there (1563-1573), personal physician Willem de Zwijger, city physician of Middelburg (1574). Commissioned by printer Joh. Enschedé a statue was made for him in Haarlem in 1768. The dune stinker, Phallus hadriani, was named after him by Linnaeus. Lithograph by the Steendrukkerij of P. Blommers. Published by J.J. van Brederode, c. 1845. Source: National Office for Art Historical Documentation, 2015.
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