Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Pieter Cornelisz van der Morsch (1543 – 1628), was a man in Leiden best known today for his portrait that was painted by Frans Hals in 1616.According to K.van der Laan he was the Leiden Beadle and called himself Piero. He was the jester of the Leiden rederijkers club De Witte Acoleyen and signed his works with his motto, which was "LX.N.Tyt" (spoken "el eks en Tyt", or "to each his time"). In 1598 he sent an invitation in rhyme to the other rederijker clubs to come perform at his wedding, and nine did.In the portrait of him painted by Hals, he is shown holding a smoked herring (the word for herring "bucken", or "bokking", has the double meaning of herring and red herring, referring to satiric comments). On the left, the text "Wie begeert?" means "Who wants some?". This phrase accompanied by the little monkey's head holding up his coat of arms in the upper right hand corner refer to his sharp wit and his epitaph, which he wrote himself. This epitaph was "Hier Leyt Piero/die deelde Bucken/En was Hier Bo/Van In te Rucken". Loosely translated this means Here lies Piero who handed out satiric comments; he was here "Bo" (Beadle) to be pulled, where these last words mean that from "pulling your leg", he could now be pulled from the heavens above.. }
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- Pieter_Cornelisz_van_der_Morsch abstract "Pieter Cornelisz van der Morsch (1543 – 1628), was a man in Leiden best known today for his portrait that was painted by Frans Hals in 1616.According to K.van der Laan he was the Leiden Beadle and called himself Piero. He was the jester of the Leiden rederijkers club De Witte Acoleyen and signed his works with his motto, which was "LX.N.Tyt" (spoken "el eks en Tyt", or "to each his time"). In 1598 he sent an invitation in rhyme to the other rederijker clubs to come perform at his wedding, and nine did.In the portrait of him painted by Hals, he is shown holding a smoked herring (the word for herring "bucken", or "bokking", has the double meaning of herring and red herring, referring to satiric comments). On the left, the text "Wie begeert?" means "Who wants some?". This phrase accompanied by the little monkey's head holding up his coat of arms in the upper right hand corner refer to his sharp wit and his epitaph, which he wrote himself. This epitaph was "Hier Leyt Piero/die deelde Bucken/En was Hier Bo/Van In te Rucken". Loosely translated this means Here lies Piero who handed out satiric comments; he was here "Bo" (Beadle) to be pulled, where these last words mean that from "pulling your leg", he could now be pulled from the heavens above.".