Dirck Jacobsz, A groep of Guardsmen
On loan from the City of Amsterdam · Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamView original →
Dirck Jacobsz

A groep of Guardsmen

1529

Current Collection

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium
panel
Dimensions
119.3 × 174.4 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-107227

In the earliest known Dutch militia portrait, no fewer than seventeen men gaze at us with pride, including, at the upper right, the painter himself holding a paintbrush. The man fourth from the right in the bottom row is probably the captain. The militias were responsible for urban order, public safety and the defence of the city. This group portrait is a textbook example of bourgeois self-awareness and confidence, and typically Dutch.

Provenance

On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Registry history

  • 1529 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum

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