Portrait of Johan van Someren (1622-76), 1650. Johan van Someren, who was born in Dordrecht on 3 July 1622, was the alderman responsible for waterways in Dordrecht, and Dike-Reeve of Oud-Beijerland. In 1655 he became Pensionary of Nijmegen. He died in 1676 in his birthplace of Dordrecht. Both Van Someren and Vervoorn enjoyed some fame as poets.

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