| De Violieren | |
 Poem as rebus on a shield, 1681, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp. Painted for the Violieren by the painters Hendrick van Balen, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Frans Francken II, and Sebastian Vrancx | |
| Merged into | Olyftack (1660) |
|---|---|
| Formation | around 1480 |
| Dissolved | 1762 |
| Type | Chamber of rhetoric |
Official language | Dutch |
Honorary president | Hooftman |
Chairman | Prince |
Executive officer | Deken |
Executive assistants | Oudermans |
Key people | Accoustrementmeester (properties master) Breuckmeesters (responsible for collecting membership fees) Busmeester (responsible for collecting alms for sick or "decayed" members) Princen van personagiën (casting directors) |
| Staff | personagiën, confreers |
| Volunteers | liefhebbers |
The Violieren (wallflower or gillyflower) was a chamber of rhetoric that dates back to the 15th century in Antwerp, when it was a social drama society with close links to the Guild of Saint Luke.[1] It was one of three drama guilds in the city, the other two being the Goudbloem and the Olyftack. In 1660 the Violieren merged with former rival Olyftack, and in 1762 the society was dissolved altogether.
- ^ A. A. Keersmaekers, Geschiedenis van de Antwerpse Rederijkerskamers in de jaren 1585–1635 (Aalst, 1952)