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Pieter de Jong (c.1610 – after 1639), was a Dutch Golden Age member of the
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Pieter de Jong
in ''De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken'', by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 71, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives * ''Florens van der Houff'' in Collections of Paintings in Haarlem: 1572-1745, by Peter Biesboer (editor Carol Togneri), Getty Trust Publications, Los Angeles, 2003 1610s births 1640s deaths Frans Hals Painters from Haarlem {{Netherlands-bio-stub
Pieter de Jong (c.1610 – after 1639), was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij
The Haarlem schutterij refers to a collective name for the voluntary civic guard of Haarlem, from medieval times up to the Batavian Revolution in 1794, when the guilds of Haarlem were disbanded.
History
During the Hook and Cod wars in 1402, Ha ...
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Biography
He is only known from his portrait painted by Frans Hals in his schutterstuk called '' The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639''. The portrait is possibly not of him but of someone called ''Mr. Johan van Wallenburg'' or "van Brienen".Pieter de Jong mentionedin the
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He is portrayed standing next to Hals himself as a sergeant of the white brigade, because he is wearing a white sash and holding a sergeant's halberd.
He is possibly the Pieter de Jong mentioned as the brother of the "former mayor Houff" in the archive document relating to the testament of Florens van der Houff, who is also portrayed in the same painting.
References
Pieter de Jong
in ''De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken'', by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 71, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives * ''Florens van der Houff'' in Collections of Paintings in Haarlem: 1572-1745, by Peter Biesboer (editor Carol Togneri), Getty Trust Publications, Los Angeles, 2003 1610s births 1640s deaths Frans Hals Painters from Haarlem {{Netherlands-bio-stub