Officers and Other Civic Guardsmen of the IIIrd District of Amsterdam
1616
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
169; 11; 333.5
About this artwork
oil on canvas
Art Historical Context
In the heart of Amsterdam's Golden Age, Paulus Moreelse's *Officers and Other Civic Guards of the IIIrd District Amsterdam* (1616) captures the camaraderie and civic pride of the city's militia. This grand oil on canvas, measuring 169 cm high by 333.5 cm wide, depicts the officers and guardsmen of the Third District in a formal group portrait, a popular genre known as a *schuttersstuk*.ed to adorn banquet halls, these paintings celebrated the volunteers who maintained order and defended the burgeoning Dutch Republic. Moreelse, a Utrecht-based portraitist active in the early 17th century, mast...
About the Artist
Paulus Moreelse
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