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Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
So much went wrong with this Amsterdam militia company portrait. Hals made several trips to the capital to portray the guardsmen, but some never showed up. Finally, he insisted they come to Haarlem, but they refused, instead engaging the Amsterdam painter Pieter Codde to complete the work. Hals’ progress then remains unclear, but the composition and the seven figures on the left seem to be largely by him.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMilitia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael. 1637. Pieter Codde, Frans Hals. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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