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Officers and Other Civic Guardsmen of District XVIII in Amsterdam

Govert Flinck

1645

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 338.7cm × w 242.5cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

warfare; military affairs (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia); firearms; helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): halberd

Acquisition Method

loan

Acquired

1885

Notes

signatuur en datum, linksonder: ‘G. flinck. fe: / A.º 1645’

Collection Type

paintings

About Govert Flinck

1615–1660 • Dutch Republic

The most famous student of Rembrandt van Rijn, his style is so similar to Rembrandt's that his works are sometimes mistaken for his teacher's. Comment on works: Genre; Portraits; Religious