Nicolaes Adriaensz. Verbeek (1582–1637), was a

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brewer of

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Biography

He was the son of Adriaen Thomasz. Verbeek, a Haarlem toll collector, and Hendrikje Jacobsdr. van Teylingen. He was the younger brother of Pieter Adriaensz Verbeek and became a judge and brewer in ''De Posthoorn''. He married Geertruyd de Wael, the sister of his colleague

Michiel de Wael Michiel de Wael (bapt. 9 May 1596 – buried 7 April 1659 in Haarlem), was a Dutch brewer and citizen of Haarlem, best known today for his portraits painted by Frans Hals. His grandfather, also a brewer, was one of the first Calvinists in the c ...

in 1611.Nicolaes Adriaensz. Verbeek
in record for this painting in the RKD He became a captain of the St. George militia in Haarlem from 1624 to 1627 and from 1630 to 1633. He and his brother-in-law were 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 ...

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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 ...

''. He died in Haarlem.

References

Nicolaes Adriaensz. Verbeek
in ''De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken'', by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 50–51, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives 1582 births 1637 deaths Frans Hals Businesspeople from Haarlem Dutch brewers {{Netherlands-bio-stub