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Little Jacob was a child at home with the wealthy merchant Pieter van Winter, his mother's stepf...

Keizersgracht 560 was the house where Jacob van Lennep lived for 33 years, until his death in 1868. ...

If you want to know what a house like that of Jacob van Lennep looked like, you can visit Museum van...

Beyond Vijzelstraat, Jacob's primary school stood on the corner of Keizersgracht and Nieuwe Spie...

Jacob's birthplace was a little further on the other side: Keizersgracht 369. It was built in 17...

Around his tenth he lived on Herengracht 327, built before 1650. The gable stone knows: 'Gives w...

His wife Henrietta Roell grew up on the Herengracht at number 546. Her father was against getting en...

Jacob's other grandfather, Cornelis van Lennep, lived at 512 Herengracht until his death in 1813...

When Jacob was studying he lived with his father at 527 Herengracht, which the professor moved into ...

He left visible traces on Rembrandtplein: the statue of Rembrandt, made by the most famous sculptor ...

Many years earlier (from 1813) Jacob went to the Latin school at Singel 453, between the Heiligeweg ...

Much better at ease, he was around the corner from the artists' association Arti et Amicitiae, R...

And close by in the Nes were many small theaters, where Van Lennep went very regularly. In Frascati ...

Turn right into Oude Hoogstraat, Antiquariaat Kok nowadays certainly has old Van Lennep novels on di...