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The Officers Of The St George Militia Company In 1639
''The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639'' refers to the last and largest 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 Hals Museum there. In this painting over 4 meters wide, nineteen men are portrayed, each wearing a sash in the color of his "rot", or brigade. All three brigades of the St George militia are represented, with their flag-bearers carrying flags in the colours orange, white or blue. These 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. The man with the commander's staff situated third from lower left with the orange sash and orange feather in his hat is the Colonel Johan Claesz Loo, who heads the militia. The other officers are carrying partisans with tassles (captains), spontoons (lieutenants) or halberds (serg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lucas Van Tetterode
Lucas van Tetrode, or Tetterode (c.1592 – 1647), was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij. 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 "Francijn".Lucas van Tetterode mentioned in the He is portrayed as a sergeant of the blue brigade, because he is wearing a blue sash and holding a sergeant's halberd
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Pieter Post
Pieter Post in 1651. Portrait by Pieter Nolpe, detail of a larger work Pieter Jansz Post (1 May 1608 – buried 8 May 1669) was a Dutch Golden Age architect, painter and printmaker. Biography Post was baptised in Haarlem, the son of a stained-glass painter and the older brother of painter Frans Post. He is credited with the creation of the ''Dutch baroque'' style of architecture, along with his longtime collaborator Jacob van Campen. Together they designed the Mauritshuis in the Hague. According to Houbraken he was a famous architect who introduced his brother Frans to Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange while he was working on plans for the Mauritshuis.Pieter Post Biography in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by |
Dirk Maas
Dirk Maas (12 September 1659 – 25 December 1717), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography Maas was born and died in Haarlem. According to Houbraken he was first a pupil of Hendrick Mommers, a Haarlem painter of vegetable market scenes, and then took lessons from Nicolaes Berchem, who he probably met through Mommers.Dirk Maas Biography in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by , courtesy of the Maas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelis Symonsz Van Der Schalcke
Cornelis Symonsz van der Schalcke, or Schalcken (1617– 1671), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography He was born in Haarlem as the son of Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken who was a sergeant in the Haarlem schutterij and Sara Nuyts. Like his father before him, Cornelis became sacristan of the Grote Kerk, Haarlem in 1636. He was married there on 13 March 1640 to Janneke Beuns.Cornelis Symonsz. van der Schalcke in the They had 7 children (2 daughters and 5 sons), but none of them became artists. His earliest known work is dated 1644. He was a follower of |
Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn
Aernout or Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn (1577 – 5 August 1627) was a Dutch Golden Age lawyer, painter, and mayor of Haarlem. Biography According to Van Mander in 1604, he was a promising young landscape painter who came from a good family in Haarlem, and thus painted as a hobby, rather than professionally. [Baidu] |
Hendrick Coning
Hendrick Coning (1604 – after 1660), 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 .... 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 Coning 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 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Cornelisz Van Der Schalcken
Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken (1582 – 1642), was a Dutch Golden Age sergeant of the local militia and coster of the Grote Kerk, Haarlem. Biography He was born in Haarlem as the son of Cornelis Symonsz from Helmond and Albertje Jansdr on 28 August 1582. He married Grietje Geraerts Gestel in October 1606 in the Grote Kerk where he was coster.Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken in ''Jaarboek Haerlem 1961'', pp. 72-75, on website of the His portrait was painted by Frans Hals in |
Nicolaes Van Loo
Nicolaes van Loo (1607 – 1641), was a Dutch Golden Age brewer from Haarlem, best known today for his portrait by Frans Hals. Biography He was born in Haarlem as the oldest son of the brewer Johan Claesz Loo and Margriet Akersloot. Their family brewery was situated in the Vissersbocht on the Spaarne river and was called ''De Drie Lelien''. Nicolaes' brother Cornelis van Loo, Cornelis became mayor of Haarlem and his sister Risje married the son of the mayor of Delft, Florens Pieter van der Houff. Nicolaes was destined to inherit the family business, and in expectation of a merger with another local brewery, in 1640 he married Aletta Hannemans, the rich widow of the brewer Jacob Pietersz Olycan, but he died the following year, leaving his widow to carry on the business without him. References *Collections of Paintings in Haarlem: 1572–1745, by Pieter Biesboer (editor Carol Togneri), Getty Trust Publications, Los Angeles, 2001 1607 births 1641 deaths Dutch businessp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Hals' ''The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1633''. Pot is the man reading a book on the far right. Biography Pot was born in Amsterdam and spent his early years in Amsterdam and Haarlem. In 1632 he traveled to London, where he painted the Royal Family. He lived from 1633 to 1648 in Haarlem, after which he moved to Amsterdam, where he died in 1657. He served as Dean of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1626, 1630 and 1635. He served as the Guild's headman or ''Hoofdman'' in 1634 and 1648. He died in Amsterdam. Works and style Pot was probably a pupil of Karel van Mander, as was Hals, and they influenced each other. Pot’s paintings were sometimes allegorical in subject and he also painted group '' schutterstuk'' portraits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Druyvesteyn
Jacob Druyvesteyn (1612 – 1691) was a Dutch lawyer and mayor of Haarlem. Biography He was born in Haarlem as the son of Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn and became a lawyer.Jacob Druyvesteyn in A. J. van der Aa He was appointed magistrate in the from 1637 and in 1639 he was portrayed as a flag bearer in ' schutterstuk '' The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639
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Pieter De Jong
Pieter de Jong (c.1610 – after 1639), was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij. 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 mentioned 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 ... He is portrayed standing next to Hals himself as a sergeant ...
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