Officers and Other Civic Guardsmen of the IIIrd District of Amsterdam, under the Command of Captain Allaert Cloeck and Lieutenant Lucas Jacobsz Rotgans

Thomas de Keyser (signed by artist), 1632

Thomas de Keyser (1596/97 - 1667). The company of Captain Allaert Cloeck and Lieutenant Lucas Jacobsz Rotgans, Amsterdam, 1632. These civil guardsmen were positioned hierarchically: in the centre, on a platform, the captain, the colour-bearer, and the lieutenant. Around them we see three non-commissioned officers, who each have one foot on the platform. The regular riflemen arranged in the background are much smaller than the officers. Despite the fact that the riflemen to the left and right are somewhat crowded together, the composition is animated. The manner in which the three non-commissioned officers appear to be about to step onto the podium suggests a throng beginning to advance. This same solution - a crowd of people moving forward - was chosen by Rembrandt ten years later for his celebrated Night-watch. Painted for the Kloveniersdoelen (headquarters of the crossbowmen's civic guard), Amsterdam. On loan from the city of Amsterdam, 1885.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-C-381
  • Dimensionssupport: height 220 cm x width 351 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Officers and Other Civic Guardsmen of the IIIrd District of Amsterdam, under the Command of Captain Allaert Cloeck and Lieutenant Lucas Jacobsz Rotgans
    • The Company of Captain Allaert Cloeck and Lieutenant Lucas Jacobsz Rotgans, Amsterdam, 1632 (former title)

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  • Object number

    SK-C-381

  • Description

    Officieren en andere schutters van wijk III in Amsterdam onder leiding van kapitein Allaert Cloeck en luitenant Lucas Jacobsz Rotgans. De andere schutters zijn: Claes Coeck Nanningsz (met vaandel), Jan Vogelensang, Gerrit Pietersz Schagen, Michiel Colijn, Hans Walschaert, Jan Kuysten, Adolf Fortenbeeck, Aris Hendrick Hallewat, Hendrick Colijn, Hademan van Laer, Dirck Pietersz Pers, Frederick Schulenborch, Thomas Jacobsz Hoingh en Julius van den Bergen.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, upper left, on the archway, in ligated monogram: ‘TDK.1632’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Thomas de Keyser (signed by artist)

  • Dating

    1632

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    support: height 220 cm x width 351 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the City of Amsterdam

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Commissioned by or for the sitters for the Kloveniersdoelen (headquarters of the arquebusiers’ civic guard); first mentioned in the Kloveniersdoelen, 1653 (‘Voor in t’ voorhuijs, boven de trap, gaende na de grootte Sael Alb. Cloeck Schepen. Capn, Lucas Jacobsz. Rotgans Lut., gedaen bij … Keijser.’);{Schaep 1653, p. 136, no. 8.} transferred to the Great Council of War Chamber in the town hall by 1758;{Van Dyk 1758, pp. 34-35, no. 22.} on loan to the museum from the City of Amsterdam since 1885

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