Panpoeticon Batavum

The Pan Poëticon Batavum was a collection of small portraits of poets mounted on plates that were kept in a curiosity cabinet by the 18th-century Dutch painter Arnoud van Halen.

Van Halen began assembling his collection around 1700 by painting miniature portraits himself that he copied from engravings.

Van Halen's cabinet was very popular, and consequently several books mentioned it or had it as a subject.

[1] The most notable book was published by the man who purchased this collection after Van Halen died in 1732, Michiel de Roode.

De Roode published the book in 1773 as a member of Leiden's learned society ‘Kunst wordt door arbeid verkreegen’ (art is accomplished by work) which paid for the edition.