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Hendrick Coning (1604 – after 1660), was a
in ''De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken'', by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 74, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives He became a sergeant in the St. George militia from 1636 to 1639 and was portrayed along with the rest of the officers of his militia in
Hendrick Coning (1604 – after 1660), was a Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...
member of the Haarlem schutterij.
Biography
He was born in Haarlem as the son of Hendrick Hendricksz and Neeltje Jacobsdr Soeteman, who married Hester de Klerck on 18 July 1632.Hendrick Coningin ''De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken'', by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 74, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives He became a sergeant in the St. George militia from 1636 to 1639 and was portrayed along with the rest of the officers of his militia in
Frans Hals
Frans Hals the Elder (, , ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, chiefly of individual and group portraits and of genre works, who lived and worked in Haarlem.
Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group ...
' painting '' The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639''. His brother Cornelis
Cornelis is a Dutch language, Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius (name), Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees (given name), Kees, Neel and Nelis.
Cornelis (Kees) an ...
is standing below him. Later he became a lieutenant in the St. Adrian militia from 1639 to 1642, but he was again lieutenant for the St. George militia during the years 1645–1648, 1651–1654, and 1657–1660. In the portrait, he is pointing at the weapon he should be holding (that of a lieutenant, because he was already serving as lieutenant) and the place he should be standing, namely the front row, like his brother.
He died in Haarlem.
References
1604 births 1660s deaths Frans Hals People from Haarlem {{Netherlands-bio-stub