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Officers and other civic guardsmen of the XIth District of Amsterdam, under the command of Captain Geurt Dircksz van Beuningen and Lieutenant Pieter Martensz Hoeffijser
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Officers and other civic guardsmen of the XIth District of Amsterdam, under the command of Captain Geurt Dircksz van Beuningen and Lieutenant Pieter Martensz Hoeffijser

Jan Tengnagel · 1613 · canvas; oil paint (paint)

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Company portrait of the meal of the seventeen bowmen of the Crossbow Guild under the command of captain Geurt Dircksz van Beuningen and lieutenant Pieter Martensz Hoeffijser, Amsterdam, 1613. In the center, between the bowmen, a set table is visible with several plates of food (bread, pie, olives) and a roemer in a cup holder. Some of the bowmen hold a glass or a wine jug. Represented from left to right (top row): Hans van der Voort, Jan Cornelisz Meulen, Gerrit Martsz Conijnenburgh, Willem Kik, Heindrik Hogendorp, Cornelis Gerritsz, Laurens Laurensz van Baalen, Cosmo de Moucheron and Pierre de Nimay; (bottom row): ensign Klaas Bisschop, captain Geurt Dircksz van Beuningen, lieutenant Pieter Martensz Hoeffijser, Laurens Jansz van Lier, Heindrick Sybrantsz Voet, Adriaen van Nieulandt, sergeant Jan Tengnagel and Aert Keyser.

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Credit lineOfficers and other civic guardsmen of the XIth District of Amsterdam, under the command of Captain Geurt Dircksz van Beuningen and Lieutenant Pieter Martensz Hoeffijser. 1613. Jan Tengnagel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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