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Johan Claesz Loo
Johan Claesz van Loo (c.1585 – 1660), was a Dutch brewer, owning De Drie Leliën (The Three Lilies) in Haarlem, best known today for his portrait painted by Frans Hals. Biography He was painted twice by Hals in his capacity as member of the Haarlem schutterij, the first time as captain in the St. Adrian group in 1633, and the second time in 1639 as colonel of the St. Joris group. According to Pieter Biesboer he married Margrietge Arisdr Akersloot (the sister of Outgert Ariss Akersloot), and they had several children who later also became brewers. Their daughter Risje (1604-1652) married Florens Pietersz van der Hoeff in 1624. His son-in-law Hoeff served with him in the civic guard and was also painted by Hals in a stance in which he is looking at his father-in-law.Collections of Paintings in Haarlem: 1572-1745, by Peter Biesboer (editor Carol Togneri), Getty Trust Publications, Los Angeles, 2001 Their son Cornelis van Loo (1609-1673) married Dorothea Olycan in 1635. Their son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Hals - Johan Claesz Loo
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Jacob Pietersz Olycan
Jacob Pietersz Olycan (1596 – 1638), was a brewer, magistrate, and later mayor of Haarlem, best known today for his portrait by Frans Hals, pendant to the portrait of Aletta Hannemans, whom he married in Zwolle in 1624. Biography He was the son of Pieter Jacobsz Olycan and Maria Claesdr Voogt. He worked in his father's brewery in Haarlem, but married Aletta in Zwolle. They were back in Haarlem in 1625, when Hals painted their pendant portraits. The breweries owned by the Olycans were the '' Vogelstruys'' and the ''Hoeffijser''. Olycan featured in a Hals painting again as the central figure seated in the portrait of ''The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627 ''The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627'' refers to a schutterstuk painted by Frans Hals for the St. George (or St. Joris) civic guard of Haarlem, and today is considered one of the main attractions of the Frans Ha ...''. He is shown in the position of Lieut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Businesspeople From Haarlem
A businessperson, businessman, or businesswoman is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) for the purpose of generating cash flow, sales, and revenue by using a combination of human, financial, intellectual, and physical capital with a view to fueling economic development and growth. History Prehistoric period: Traders Since a "businessman" can mean anyone in industry or commerce, businesspeople have existed as long as industry and commerce have existed. "Commerce" can simply mean "trade", and trade has existed through all of recorded history. The first businesspeople in human history were traders or merchants. Medieval period: Rise of the merchant class Merchants emerged as a "class" in medieval Italy (compare, for example, the Vaishya, the traditional merchant caste in Indian society). Between 1300 and 1500, modern account ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1660 Deaths
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1580s Births
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William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849October 25, 1916) was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become Parsons School of Design. Early life and training William Merritt Chase was born on November 1, 1849, in Williamsburg (now Nineveh), Indiana, to the family of Sarah Swain and David H. Chase, a local businessman. Chase's father moved the family to Indianapolis in 1861, and employed his son as a salesman in the family business. Chase showed an early interest in art, and studied under local, self-taught artists Barton S. Hays and Jacob Cox. At the age of 19 he decided to become a sailor and travelled with his friend to Annapolis where he was commissioned to a merchant ship. After a brief three-month stint in the Navy, Chase understood that it wasn't for him and his teachers urged him to travel to New York to further his artistic training. He arrived in New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Officers Of The St George Militia Company In 1639
''The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639'' refers to the last and largest schutterstuk painted by Frans Hals for the St. George (or St. Joris) civic guard of Haarlem, and today is considered one of the main attractions of the Frans Hals Museum there. In this painting over 4 meters wide, nineteen men are portrayed, each wearing a sash in the color of his "rot", or brigade. All three brigades of the St George militia are represented, with their flag-bearers carrying flags in the colours orange, white or blue. These officers were selected by the council of Haarlem to serve for three years, and this group had just finished their tenure and celebrated their end of service with a portrait. The man with the commander's staff situated third from lower left with the orange sash and orange feather in his hat is the Colonel Johan Claesz Loo, who heads the militia. The other officers are carrying partisans with tassles (captains), spontoons (lieutenants) or halberds (serge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Officers Of The St Adrian Militia Company In 1633
''The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1633'' refers to the second schutterstuk painted by Frans Hals for the Cluveniers, St. Adrian, or St. Hadrian civic guard of Haarlem, in 1633, and today considered one of the main attractions of the Frans Hals Museum there. Unlike Hals' previous schutterstuk for this company, ''The Banquet of the Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1627'' in which all officers are seated at a banquet wearing the colors of the Dutch flag - ''oranje-blanje-bleu'', in this version, the men are seated outside in the courtyard wearing sashes showing the colour of the officer's "rot", with the Ensign Jacob Hofland holding the flag of the blue rot, and Ensign Jacob Steyn holding the flag for the white rot. Because they are outside, they are holding their weapons. For the first time the sergeants are shown, holding halberds to differentiate them from officers with spontoons. Officers were selected by the council of Haarlem to serve for three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aletta Hannemans
Aletta Hanemans (1606–1653), was a Dutch brewer. She became the brewer of the ''Hoeffijser'' in Haarlem. She is best known today for her marriage portrait by Frans Hals, painted when she married the brewer, magistrate, and later mayor of Haarlem, Jacob Pietersz Olycan in 1624. Biography Little is known of her early life, but her father was probably a professional acquaintance of her husband's father Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, who had grown up in his father's oil and grain shop in Amsterdam. Though she married Jacob in Zwolle, the young couple was back in Haarlem in 1625, when Hals painted their pendant portraits. Their brewery called the ''Hoeffijser'' or ''Hoef-yzer'' was located on the Donkere Spaarne (near the Teylers Hofje today). Lof der stad Haarlem by Samuel Ampzing It had been given to Jacob by his parents, after he had spent his youth in training there. After Jacob died in 1638, Aletta remarried another Haarlem brewer, Nicolaes van Loo (1607-1641), but he died soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe; it is also part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area, being located about 15 km to the west of the core city of Amsterdam. Haarlem had a population of in . Haarlem was granted city status or '' stadsrechten'' in 1245, although the first city walls were not built until 1270. The modern city encompasses the former municipality of Schoten as well as parts that previously belonged to Bloemendaal and Heemstede. Apart from the city, the municipality of Haarlem also includes the western part of the village of Spaarndam. Newer sections of Spaarndam lie within the neighbouring municipality of Haarlemmermeer. Geography Haarlem is located on the river Spaarne, giving it its nickname 'Spaarnestad' (Spaarne city). It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolaes Van Loo
Nicolaes van Loo (1607 – 1641), was a Dutch Golden Age brewer from Haarlem, best known today for his portrait by Frans Hals. Biography He was born in Haarlem as the oldest son of the brewer Johan Claesz Loo and Margriet Akersloot. Their family brewery was situated in the Vissersbocht on the Spaarne river and was called ''De Drie Lelien''. Nicolaes' brother Cornelis became mayor of Haarlem and his sister Risje married the son of the mayor of Delft, Florens Pieter van der Houff. Nicolaes was destined to inherit the family business, and in expectation of a merger with another local brewery, in 1640 he married Aletta Hannemans, the rich widow of the brewer Jacob Pietersz Olycan, but he died the following year, leaving his widow to carry on the business without him. References *Collections of Paintings in Haarlem: 1572–1745, by Pieter Biesboer Pieter Biesboer (born 1944), is a Dutch art historian and prolific writer on 17th-century Dutch art. His specialty is art from Haar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florens Pietersz Van Der Hoeff
Florens Pietersz van der Houff (c.1600 – 12 November 1657), was a magistrate and mayor of Haarlem who became a member of the Admiralty of Amsterdam during the years 1655 - 1657.Florens van der Houff in ''Collections of Paintings in Haarlem: 1572-1745'', by Peter Biesboer (editor Carol Togneri), Getty Trust Publications, Los Angeles, 2003 Biography He was born in Delft as the son of the mayor Pieter van der Houff and his wife Bartha van Adrichem. He married Risje, the daughter of Johan Claesz Loo on 10 June 1624. He is portrayed as lieutenant in the militia group portrait (''schutterstuk'') by Pot ''The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1630'' and again as captain in ''The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639'' by Frans Hals, where he is standing between Lt. Cornelis Coning and Captain Nicolaes Grisz Grauwert looking over at his father-in-law. He later became mayor of Haarlem and governor of Het Dolhuys as well as the ''Oude Mannenhuis''. He also serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
