A Group of Guardsmen of the Amsterdam Kloveniersdoelen

portrait

The middle part from 1529 contains seventeen portraits, while the later added side pieces represent seven people each. All figures are depicted half-length or bust, with a black beret and mostly with gesticulating hands.

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A Group of Guardsmen of the Amsterdam Kloveniersdoelen

About the Artist

Dirck Jacobsz.

1496 – 1567

Dirck Jacobsz, the son of Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen was one of the first artists to specialize in portraiture. In 1529 he also painted the first portrait of a civic guard association, which was to became a Dutch speciality. He was later eclipsed by Anthonis Mor of Utrecht, court painter to the Spanish Netherlands.

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