Editing Muiderkring (section)

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[[File:Muiderkring.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The artists of the Muiden Circle painted by [[Jan Adam Kruseman]] (1852)]]
The '''Muiderkring''' (Muiden Circle) was the name given to a group of figures in the [[art]]s and [[science]]s who regularly met at the [[Muiderslot|castle]] of [[Muiden]] near [[Amsterdam]] during the first half of the 17th century, or the [[Dutch Golden Age|Golden Age of the Dutch Republic]]. The central figure of the Muiderkring was the poet [[Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft]]; [[Constantijn Huygens]], Dirck Sweelinck, [[Joost van den Vondel|Vondel]], [[Bredero]] and the poet sisters [[Anna Visscher]] and [[Maria Tesselschade Visscher]] were also considered part of the group.<ref>Paul Zumthor ''Daily Life in Rembrandt's Holland'' 1994 p218 "Hooft once wrote Maria a long letter consisting entirely of mythological allusions, just to inform her that she had left her slippers at his house. But the Muiden circle was something more than a mere symbol of literary preciosity,.."</ref>

Some music connected with the circle was recorded by the [[Utrecht]] ensemble [[Camerata Trajectina]] in 1994.