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Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke

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31: 46: 106:, and the main center for religion. With each passing of an archbishop, a new archbishop would be appointed who brought his own artisans to town. Utrecht was thus an important art center and saw many innovations in the arts in general over the centuries. The smiths were split into guilds, one for the gold- and silversmiths under St. Eligius, and one for the bronze, iron and tin workers (including lock-, knife-, and clock makers) in the 101:
Like other Dutch cities, Utrecht required membership in the guilds in order to sell wares falling under those guilds. In the 14th century, the Utrecht saddlemakers, painters, sculptors, book illustrators, and bookbinders were all united in the Zadelaarsgilde. In those days oil painters were just as
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likely to paint on leather parchment or harness as on wooden panels or sculptures, so the choice of trades united in this guild is not so strange. Utrecht in the Middle Ages was the largest city in the Northern Netherlands, capital of the
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was for a number of trades that were connected to the art industry, though the smiths had their own guild called the "St. Eloyen" guild. The second collective was founded for visual artists after the
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guild. All three guilds existed well before the 14th century and were led by two "dekens" (deacons or aldermen), and they were associated with different churches.
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that had been held in the St. Hieronymusschool since 1696. In 1814 the name changed again, and it became the Painting and Drawing Society "
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During the course of the 17th century this slowly changed. The oil painters were reorganized under the leadership of
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This article is about a local Guild of St. Luke. For the main articles on this subject, see
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Some notable members of the Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke (or Zadelaarsgilde) were
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Two artist collectives in Utrecht; the Saddler's Guild and Sint Lucas Gilde
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Today the society is housed on Nobelstraat 12a in Utrecht.
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feast of the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis
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historical overview of the guilds of Utrecht (Dutch)
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Index

Guild
Guild of Saint Luke

Abraham Bloemaert
feast of the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Buurkerk
Museum Speelklok
Utrecht (city)
guild
Protestant Reformation
Luke the Evangelist
Saint Eligius
Bishopric of Utrecht
Abraham Bloemaert
St. Eloy's Hospice
Kunstliefde
Balthasar van der Ast
Dirck van Baburen
Abraham Bloemaert
Hendrick Bloemaert
Johannes van Haensbergen
Steven van Herwijck
Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter
Gerard van Honthorst
Nikolaus Knüpfer
Paulus Moreelse
Herman Saftleven
Roelant Savery
Jan Vermeer van Utrecht

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