A Group of Guardsmen of the Amsterdam Kloveniersdoelen (detail)

portrait

The picture shows the middle part of a larger painting. This 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 (detail)

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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