Johan Schatter (4 October 1594 – 28 June 1673), 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, ...

brewer from

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 metropoli ...

Biography

He was born in

as the son of the malt maker Hercules Schatter and Cornelia Jacobsdr van Os, brewers of ''De Gecroonde Ruyt'', which he took over. Johan became a judge, magistrate, and alderman, and joined the St Adrian militia as captain and served from 1624-1627, 1636-1637, and served as fiscal/provost from 1637-1642.Johan Schatter
in the RKD record for this group portrait He was portrayed by

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 ...

twice; in his

schutterstuk Schutterij () refers to a voluntary city guard or citizen militia in the medieval and early modern Netherlands, intended to protect the town or city from attack and act in case of revolt or fire. Their training grounds were often on open spaces w ...

called ''

The Banquet of the Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1627 ''Banquet of the officers of the Calivermen Civic Guard, Haarlem'' formerly known as ''The Banquet of the Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1627'', refers to a ''schutterstuk'' painted by Frans Hals, in 1627, for the St. Adrian (or St. ...

'', and again in 1633. He married Volckje, the daughter of

Pieter Jacobsz Olycan Pieter Jacobsz Olycan (1572 – 1658), was a Dutch brewer, magistrate, and later mayor of Haarlem, best known today for his portraits by Frans Hals, as well as for the portraits of his wife Maritge Claesdr. Voogt. Biography He was a mercha ...

on 24 April 1616. He died in Haarlem.

References

Johan Schatter
in ''De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken'', by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 60, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives 1594 births 1673 deaths Businesspeople from Haarlem Frans Hals Mayors of Haarlem Dutch brewers {{Netherlands-mayor-stub