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Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael, Known as ‘The Meagre Company’
A commission for a civic guard portrait was rarely granted to a painter from outside the city. Quite exceptionally, Frans Hals – from Haarlem – was asked to paint this group portrait. However, he soon found himself at odds with the guardsmen, and the Amsterdam painter Pieter Codde had to step in to finish the seven figures on the right. Known for his small-scale, very smoothly and finely executed …
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/45(+26)
- Reael, Reynier
- Blaeu, Cornelis Michielsz.
- Amsterdam, schutterij van
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/45(+26)
- Reael, Reynier
- Blaeu, Cornelis Michielsz.
- Amsterdam, schutterij van
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1637
- 1637
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8613
- SK-C-374
Extent
- height 209 cm
- width 429 cm
- height 233 cm
- width 452 cm
Format
- oil paint (paint)
- canvas
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1637
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:58.736Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:24.325Z