# Levinus Vincent > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Levinus_Vincent > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Levinus_Vincent.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levinus_Vincent > Source revision: 1301670635 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) thumb|''Wondertooneel der natuur'' Tome 1 Frontispiece thumb|Vincent, Levinus (1715) Wondertooneel der natuur -Tome 2- 0295 '''Levinus Vincent the Younger''', (1658 in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) – 8 November 1727 in [Haarlem](/source/Haarlem)) was a rich Dutch designer of patterns and merchant of luxurious textiles, such as [damask](/source/damask), silk and [brocade](/source/brocade).Colenbrander, S. (2010). Zolang de weefkunst bloeit : zijdeweverijen in Amsterdam en Haarlem, 1585-1750.[https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/995694/74868_thesis.pdf]{{Cite web|url=https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/redressing-the-balance-levinus-vincents-wonder-theatre-of-nature|title = Redressing the Balance: Levinus Vincent's Wonder Theatre of Nature}} ==Biography== Lieven's parents were Cornelis Joosten Heyns, a wine merchant from [Harlingen](/source/Harlingen%2C_Netherlands) and Neeltje IJsbrants from [Petten](/source/Petten), both [Mennonites](/source/Mennonites), who married in 1652.{{Cite web|url=https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/details/5001/path/2.2.22|title=Inventarissen|website=archief.amsterdam}} His mother was the widow of Vincent Pieters who lived at [Rokin](/source/Rokin).{{Efn|Levinus had two half brothers, Levinus Vincent the Elder (1638-1688) who married Hester Riemer and Ysbrand Vincent (1641-1718) who married Anna Yver.{{cite web | url=https://sites.google.com/site/nederlandsetaalwetenschappen/dr-vincent-heinsius | title=Heinsius Columns - Dr. Vincent Heinsius }} Since 1660 they collaborated in producing and selling paper.[https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/eegh004amst05_01/eegh004amst05_01_0167.php Vincent (Ysbrand) 1640/41-1718 by I.H. van Eeghen] The latter was one of the founders of [Nil volentibus arduum](/source/Nil_volentibus_arduum) and editor of their playwrights.}} In 1657 his father was living in [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone) and was involved in [Danish Africa Company](/source/Danish_Africa_Company), together with [Hendrik Carloff](/source/Hendrik_Carloff).[https://books.google.com/books?id=tjtHAAAAcAAJ&dq=Cornelis+Joosten+Heyns&pg=PA22 Remonstrantie, aen de ... Staten Generael der Vereen. Nederlanden] The contract was signed in his (actually her) house.[https://ia800708.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/22/items/crossref-pre-1909-scholarly-works/10.1163%252F156853296x00555.zip&file=10.1163%252F18750176-90000062.pdf TWEE CONCURRENTEN VAN DE EERSTE WEST-INDISCHE COMPAGNIE by N. DE ROEVER][https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2975217/view Dark horses of business : overseas entrepreneurship in seventeenth-century Nordic trade in the Indian and Atlantic oceans by K.H. Wirta, p. 108-113] In 1666 he tried to save a ship named ''Charles'' after the [Holmes's Bonfire](/source/Holmes's_Bonfire).{{Cite web|url=https://archief.amsterdam/archief/5075/3603|title = Inventarissen}} In 1668 Livinus (the Elder) and Ysbrand sold the house belonging to their mother.{{Cite web|url=https://archief.amsterdam/archief/5062/55|title = Inventarissen}} When Levinus married Joanna van Breda in 1683 his father was staying in the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies) (?) and his half brother in [Angoulême](/source/Angoul%C3%AAme). Levinus lived at N.Z. Voorburgwal and from 1688 at Leliegracht (ZZ), with his wife and brother-in-law Anthony (-1693), who started the collection.[https://books.google.com/books?id=DTMCf4cY4YUC&dq=jan+velten+vincent&pg=PA93 Infelicities: Representations of the Exotic by Peter Mason] In 1693 he joined the [Mennonites](/source/Mennonites) himself. In 1697 he was visited by [Peter the Great](/source/Peter_the_Great).Driessen, J. (1996) Tsaar Peter de Grote en zijn Amsterdamse vrienden. In samenwerking met het Amsterdams Historisch Museum. Levinus owned a [cabinet of curiosities](/source/cabinet_of_curiosities), collected ''naturalia'' (with shells, insects, corals, birds, lizard and small mammals as wet preparations) and ''artificialia'' - ([ethnography](/source/ethnography), paintings and drawings of flowers). In 1709 he sold his house in Amsterdam accompanied by Ysbrand Vincent. In 1712 [Bernard Picart](/source/Bernard_Picart) married his niece Anna Vincent; the wedding was in Haarlem, where Levinus had settled around 1705. He corresponded with [James Petiver](/source/James_Petiver) and [Hans Sloane](/source/Hans_Sloane). In 1715 he became a member of the [Royal Society](/source/Royal_Society). Vincent and his wife took a lot of effort to present their collectables in a pleasurable and instructive spectacle. They ordered their shells and insects in elegant designs that resembled magnificent pieces of embroidery. Levinus Vincent aimed at the non-Latin-speaking public, printing the catalogue of his collection in both Dutch and French - ''Wondertooneel der Nature'' (''Wonder Theater of Nature''), giving details of all the objects on display.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Wondertooneelde00Vinc|title=Wondertooneel der nature, geopent in eene korte beschryvinge der hoofddeelen van de byzondere zeldsaamheden daar in begrepen; in orde gebragt en bewaart|first1=Levinus|last1=Vincent|first2=François (Amsterdam) prt (NL-LeOCL)077130855|last2=Halma|date=July 6, 1706|publisher=Te Amsterdam, : gedrukt by François Halma|via=Internet Archive}} This catalogue sold for three guilder plus a tip or entrance fee of two guilder. He had fixed hours for its visitors. His visitor book (from 1705 to 1737) includes at least 3,500 entries, including [Charles III of Spain](/source/Charles_III_of_Spain), [François Valentijn](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Valentijn) and [Albrecht von Haller](/source/Albrecht_von_Haller). == Notes == {{notelist}} == References == {{Reflist}} ==Sources== * Bert van de Roemer, Redressing the Balance: Levinus Vincent's Wonder Theatre of Nature, Public Domain Review, (http://publicdomainreview.org/2014/08/20/redressing-the-balance-levinus-vincents-wonder-theatre-of-nature/) * Freedberg, D & J. de Vries (eds) (1991) Science, Commerce and Art. In: Art in History, History in Art, p. 379, 386. * Vincent, L. (1715) Wondertooneel der Natuur, ofte een Korte Beschrijvinge zo van Bloedelooze, Zwemmende, Vliegende, Kruipende, en Viervoetige Geklaauwde Eijerleggende Dieren ... bevat in de Kabinetten van Levinus Vincent, adorned with a handsome title-page designed by [Romeyn de Hooghe](/source/Romeyn_de_Hooghe). ==External links== {{commons category|Levinus Vincent}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080120084128/http://num-scd-ulp.u-strasbg.fr:8080/view/authors/Vincent,_Levinus.html Digital books (4) at the Universities of Strasbourg] *[http://www.kunstkammer.at/ideal.htm Kunstkammer] The Wunderkammer * [https://www.lindahall.org/levinus-vincent/ Levinus Vincent - Scientist of the Day] *Vincent, Levinus (1719) [http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/ref/collection/nat_hist/id/43982 ''Elinchus tabularum, pinacothecarum, atque nonnullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio''] - digital facsimile from [Linda Hall Library](/source/Linda_Hall_Library) {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Levinus}} Category:1658 births Category:1727 deaths Category:Art collectors from Amsterdam Category:Curators from Amsterdam Category:Dutch entomologists Category:Businesspeople from Amsterdam Category:Fellows of the Royal Society Category:Dutch art curators Category:Dutch merchants Category:17th-century merchants --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Levinus Vincent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levinus_Vincent) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levinus_Vincent?action=history)). 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