8 jun 2026

Water on the Dam

 

 

 According to one tradition, the puppet show figures are based on two residents of the Jordaan, Jan Klaassen and Katrijn Pieters. They were married in the Nieuwe Kerk in 1686. Catharina lived in the Tuinstraat, Jan in the Anjeliersstraat. She drank, and he did not like hard work. Jan Klaassen started a puppet show and entertained farmers, townspeople, and country folk by portraying his tumultuous married life. However, their marriage was plagued by so many irregularities that the church council of the Amsterdam Reformed congregation decided on January 21, 1706, to call the couple to account and subsequently placed them under supervision.According to one tradition, the puppet show figures are based on two residents of the Jordaan, Jan Klaassen and Katrijn Pieters. They were married in the Nieuwe Kerk in 1686. Catharina lived in the Tuinstraat, Jan in the Anjeliersstraat. She drank, and he did not like hard work. Jan Klaassen started a puppet show and entertained farmers, townspeople, and country folk by portraying his tumultuous married life. However, their marriage was plagued by so many irregularities that the church council of the Amsterdam Reformed congregation decided on January 21, 1706, to call the couple to account and subsequently placed them under supervision.


 

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