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The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639

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33: 243: 89:, 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 22: 191:
Hals painted were complete representations of all officers; the men paid for their portraits and some men "skipped" a painting). By the time Hals painted this painting, he had been a soldier of the guard for 25 years, and it had been 23 years since he completed his first
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Though a member of the militia, Frans Hals was never assigned the rank of an officer, though he was clearly admired as an important local artist, as was his fellow portraitist Pot, also portrayed in the rear lineup (and who features in two
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while paying hommage to another local artist, the architect Pieter Post. When Schatter paid for this "touch up", this painting may possibly have been moved there, though it was in the collection of the
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were tourist attractions. Possibly the size of this painting meant that some of them had to be moved to the narrow rear entrance, which is perhaps how some of them were damaged. All the
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for the other militia in town - the St Adriansdoelen, or Cluveniers). Historians have speculated whether the self-portrait is indeed Hals, or another absent officer (none of the
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View of the rear entrance to the garden of the St. Jorisdoelen. Large paintings like this one may have pushed out others to be hung in this lowly corridor
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Frans Hals: Exhibition on the Occasion of the Centenary of the Municipal Museum at Haarlem, 1862–1962., pp 56–57, publication Frans Hals Museum, 1962
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with the main hall used as a restaurant, the main buildings of the St Jorisdoelen were used for years as an inn, where the
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Besides showing local painters Hals and Pot, two other men in the rear lineup were relatives of local painters; Lieutenant
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De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 47–76, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961,
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In this painting over 4 meters wide, nineteen men are portrayed, each wearing a sash in the colour of his
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The painting previously hung with others in the old "St. Jorisdoelen" complex, known today as the
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for this militia, a highly unusual length of time between commissions for any artist of his time.
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in 1702. It is unknown why Schatter did this, though it was possibly meant to honor the
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Group portrait of officers and sub-alterns of the Civic Guard, Haarlem 1639
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The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627
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The Banquet of the Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1627
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The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616
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Het bezoek van Amalia van Solms aan Huis Zwanenburg in Halfweg, 1648
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The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627
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The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616
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that once hung here have been transferred to the Frans Hals Museum.
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The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616
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The men featured in the foreground are from left to right Ensign
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Portrait of Stephan Geraedts, Husband of Isabella Coymans
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Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen
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was an engraver, Ensign Jacob Druyvesteyn was the son of
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The men in the background are from upper left, Sergeant
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The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639
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The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1633
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The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639
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The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639
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Index



Huis Zwanenburg
Halfweg
Amalia van Solms
Dirk Maas
schuttersstuk
Frans Hals
civic guard of Haarlem
Frans Hals Museum
Haarlem
Johan Claesz Loo
partisans
spontoons
halberds
Lambert Woutersz
Gabriel Loreyn
Francois Woutersz
Michiel de Wael
Cornelis Coning
Florens van der Hoeff
Nicolaes Grisz Grauwert
Lucas van Tetterode
Quirijn Jansz Damast
Dirck Dicx
Pieter Schout
Pieter de Jong
Jacob Druyvesteyn
Hendrik Gerritsz Pot
Nicolaes van Loo

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