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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, painting by M.J. van Mierevelt; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt studied law at the universities of Leuven (Louvain), Bourges, and Heidelberg, and he likely also studied at Padua. Following his education, he returned to the Netherlands to work as an advocaat at the Hof van Holland in The Hague.1