The Officers Of The St Adrian Militia Company In 1630 on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
''The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1630'' refers to the
The painting previously hung with others in the old "Doelen" hall, which is today part of the painting record
in the
''The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1630'' refers to the 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 ...
painted by Hendrik Gerritsz Pot
Hendrik Gerritsz Pot (c. 1580 – 15 October 1657 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, who lived and painted in Haarlem, where he was an officer of the militia, or ''schutterij''. Dutch artist Frans Hals painted Pot in militia sash in ...
for the Cluveniers, St. Adrian, or St. Hadrian civic guard of 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 ...
, and today is considered one of the main attractions of the Frans Hals Museum
The Frans Hals Museum is a museum located in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
The museum was established in 1862. In 1950, the museum was split in two locations when the collection of modern art was moved to the '' Museum De Hallen'' (since 2018 called ...
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, here the men are standing outside on the steps of their meeting hall holding their weapons that display their rank. Ensign Salomon Colterman (with afro hairstyle) holds the flag and displays a lovely cut sleeve jacket with coloured brocade. Colonel 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 ...
is wearing an orange sash and holding his commander's staff, and the other officers are holding their spontoon
A spontoon, sometimes known by the variant spelling espontoon or as a half-pike, is a type of European polearm that came into being alongside the pike. The spontoon was in common use from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century, but it was ...
s.
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. 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 ...
painted them in 1627 in a banquet setting, and after Pot painted them outside here in 1630, Hals painted them outside again in 1633, and included Pot himself (who posed in his role as Lieutenant) on the right with a book.
The men featured are from left to right Captain Pieters Maertensz Oudewaagh, Colonel Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, Captain Dirck Herculesz Schatter, Captain Jonas de Jongh, Lieutenant Jan Willemsz Beelt, Lieutenant Florens Pietersz van der Hoeff, Ensign Salomon Colterman, Sergeant Nicolaes Olycan
Nicolaes Olycan (16 May 1599 – 2 April 1639) was a Netherlands brewer of Haarlem.
Olycan was born in Haarlem as the son of the brewers Pieter Jacobsz Olycan and Maritge Claesdr. Voogt. His brothers and sisters also became brewers. Besides run ...
, Kastelein (concierge) Willem Ruychaver, Sergeant Hendrick Claesz Everswijn, and Sergeant Jacob Buttinga.
St. Adriansdoelen
The painting previously hung with others in the old "Doelen" hall, which is today part of the Haarlem Public Library
The Stadsbibliotheek Haarlem (Haarlem Public Library) is a collective name
for all public libraries in the Haarlem area of the
Netherlands. The first ''public'' library of Haarlem opened in 1921 at the
cloisters of the Haarlem City Hall where ...
. The paintings by Pot, Hals and others that formerly hung in this hall have been since transferred to the Frans Hals Museum
The Frans Hals Museum is a museum located in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
The museum was established in 1862. In 1950, the museum was split in two locations when the collection of modern art was moved to the '' Museum De Hallen'' (since 2018 called ...
. This painting hung in the Doelen until 1820 when it was moved to the city hall, and in 1962 it was given to the museum as part of the 100 anniversary celebration of the Haarlem municipal museum.in the
RKD
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
References
*De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 117–125, Haerlem : jaarboek 1960, {{DEFAULTSORT:Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1630 History of Haarlem Militia group portraits Collections in the Frans Hals Museum