402:
300:
345:
424:
278:
150:
383:
234:
364:
31:
319:
255:
solemn expressions on their faces. Scientists often posed with instruments and objects of their study around them. Groups were often seated around a table, each person looking at the viewer. Much attention was paid to fine details in clothing, and where applicable, to furniture and other signs of a person's position in society. Later in the century groups became livelier and colours brighter.
488:
254:
Especially in the first half of the 17th century, portraits were very formal and stiff in composition. Boards of trustees preferred an image of austerity and humility, posing in dark clothing (which by its refinement testified to their prominent standing in society), often seated around a table, with
258:
The cost of group portraits was usually shared by the subjects, often not equally. The amount paid might determine each person's place in the picture, either head to toe in full regalia in the foreground or face only in the back of the group. Sometimes all group members paid an equal sum, which was
401:
344:
299:
423:
277:
120:, the upper class of Dutch society. It was a prestigious honorary office, so the regents were keen to have themselves depicted in this role. The leading portraitists of the day were commissioned to make
164:
In some institutions the regentesses were all female, and so the portraits were of all-female groups, or there were mixed-gender regents who were painted separately, as in Hals' two portraits of the
382:
363:
230:, an Amsterdam-based artist originally from Antwerp, is regarded as the inventor of the new genre of the regentenstukken as he started working on three such portraits just before 1617.
146:. The commissions proved lucrative, particularly since the regents only served for a few years, to be replaced with a new set of regents who were equally eager to be painted.
318:
149:
212:
Group portraits, largely a Dutch invention, were popular among the large numbers of civic associations that were a notable part of Dutch life, such as the
242:
172:
166:
523:
508:
492:
130:
458:
330:
262:
In
Amsterdam most of these paintings ultimately ended up in possession of the city council, and many are now on display in the
233:
350:
471:
Joris Odden, 'You can leave your hat on: Menβs portraits, power, and identity in the seventeenth-century Dutch
Republic'
518:
305:
283:
185:
143:
81:
73:
227:
213:
153:
513:
407:
259:
likely to lead to quarrels when some members gained a more prominent place in the picture than others.
226:
or militia guards, boards of trustees and regents of guilds and charitable foundations and the like.
30:
69:
263:
176:. Occasionally the painting depicted not just the regents but also others, such as the
84:
during the 17th century, and in the 18th century. They were intended to be hung in the
435:
413:
388:
65:
502:
369:
139:
429:
470:
40:
34:
88:, the regents' meeting room, or another prominent location in the institution.
324:
237:
222:
135:
374:
The six regents and the beadle of the
Nieuwezijds Huiszittenhuis in Amsterdam
289:
197:
125:
101:
97:
17:
487:
116:
105:
334:
246:
44:
232:
148:
110:
77:
29:
184:, who was in charge of the day-to-day operations. For instance,
72:
of the board of trustees, called regents or regentesses, of a
355:
The
Regentesses of the St. Elisabeth's Hospital in Haarlem
96:
The regents of a charitable organization (such as an
412:
310:
473:, October 2020 The Seventeenth Century 36(1):1-57
393:Female regents of the Burgerweeshuis in Amsterdam
134:is a subtle treatment of a group round a table),
459:"Informatiepakket Frans Hals", Frans Hals Museum
80:. This type of group portrait was popular in
158:The Regents of the Old Men's and Women's Home
8:
27:Group portrait of regents of an organisation
288:Regents of the Burgerweeshuis orphanage in
200:showing not only the regents but also the
451:
273:
243:Regentesses of the Old Men's Almshouse
173:Regentesses of the Old Men's Almshouse
7:
68:, literally "regents' piece"), is a
25:
486:
422:
400:
381:
362:
343:
317:
298:
276:
204:leading in a young orphan girl.
114:) or guild were drawn from the
1:
351:Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck
220:showing officers of a city's
131:Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
524:Art of the Dutch Golden Age
540:
509:Dutch Golden Age paintings
438:retirement home in Haarlem
306:Bartholomeus van der Helst
144:Bartholomeus van der Helst
41:Leproos-, Pest- en Dolhuis
82:Dutch Golden Age painting
493:Regents group portraits
74:charitable organization
251:
228:Cornelis van der Voort
214:militia group portrait
161:
154:Cornelis van der Voort
54:regents group portrait
49:
408:Jan Maurits Quinkhard
331:St. Elisabethgasthuis
236:
152:
33:
495:at Wikimedia Commons
39:The regents of the
519:Visual arts genres
252:
188:in 1633 painted a
162:
50:
491:Media related to
16:(Redirected from
531:
490:
474:
468:
462:
456:
426:
404:
385:
366:
347:
321:
302:
284:Abraham de Vries
280:
264:Amsterdam Museum
186:Abraham de Vries
21:
539:
538:
534:
533:
532:
530:
529:
528:
499:
498:
483:
478:
477:
469:
465:
457:
453:
448:
441:
434:Regents of the
427:
418:
405:
396:
386:
377:
367:
358:
348:
339:
329:Regents of the
322:
313:
303:
294:
281:
272:
210:
208:Regentenstukken
122:regentenstukken
94:
62:regentessenstuk
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
537:
535:
527:
526:
521:
516:
511:
501:
500:
497:
496:
482:
481:External links
479:
476:
475:
463:
450:
449:
447:
444:
443:
442:
436:Proveniershuis
428:
421:
419:
406:
399:
397:
389:Adriaen Backer
387:
380:
378:
368:
361:
359:
349:
342:
340:
323:
316:
314:
304:
297:
295:
282:
275:
271:
268:
209:
206:
194:Burgerweeshuis
93:
90:
70:group portrait
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
536:
525:
522:
520:
517:
515:
512:
510:
507:
506:
504:
494:
489:
485:
484:
480:
472:
467:
464:
460:
455:
452:
445:
439:
437:
431:
425:
420:
416:
415:
409:
403:
398:
394:
390:
384:
379:
375:
371:
370:Ferdinand Bol
365:
360:
356:
352:
346:
341:
337:
336:
332:
326:
320:
315:
311:
307:
301:
296:
292:
291:
285:
279:
274:
269:
267:
265:
260:
256:
249:
248:
244:
239:
235:
231:
229:
225:
224:
219:
218:schuttersstuk
215:
207:
205:
203:
199:
196:orphanage in
195:
191:
187:
183:
179:
175:
174:
169:
168:
159:
155:
151:
147:
145:
141:
140:Ferdinand Bol
137:
133:
132:
127:
123:
119:
118:
113:
112:
107:
103:
99:
91:
89:
87:
86:regentenkamer
83:
79:
75:
71:
67:
63:
59:
55:
47:
46:
42:
36:
32:
19:
514:Portrait art
466:
454:
433:
430:Frans Decker
411:
392:
373:
354:
333:hospital in
328:
309:
287:
261:
257:
253:
241:
221:
217:
211:
201:
193:
190:regentenstuk
189:
182:binnenmoeder
181:
177:
171:
165:
163:
157:
129:
124:, including
121:
115:
109:
95:
85:
61:
58:regentenstuk
57:
53:
51:
38:
18:Regentenstuk
202:binnenvader
178:binnenvader
160:, 1617β1618
35:Jan de Bray
503:Categories
446:References
325:Frans Hals
238:Frans Hals
223:schutterij
136:Frans Hals
290:Amsterdam
198:Amsterdam
126:Rembrandt
102:poorhouse
98:orphanage
192:for the
117:regenten
106:hospital
461:(Dutch)
414:Utrecht
335:Haarlem
270:Gallery
247:Haarlem
167:Regents
128:(whose
92:Regents
45:Haarlem
440:, 1736
417:, 1731
395:, 1683
376:, 1657
357:, 1641
338:, 1641
312:, 1637
293:, 1633
250:, 1664
142:, and
48:, 1667
111:hofje
78:guild
66:Dutch
170:and
245:in
216:or
180:or
108:or
76:or
64:in
60:or
43:in
505::
432:,
410:,
391:,
372:,
353:,
327:,
308:,
286:,
266:.
240:,
156:,
138:,
104:,
100:,
52:A
37:,
56:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.