Banquet at the Crossbowmen’s Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster

Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613–1670), oil on canvas, 1648

18 June 1648: a banquet is taking place at the Amsterdam crossbowmen’s guild. The occasion was the signing of the Treaty of Münster, which marked an end to the war with Spain. The captains of the civic guard company shake hands as a sign of peace, and the drinking horn is passed around. The poem on the drum proclaims the joy of Amsterdam’s armed militia that their weapons can henceforth be laid to rest.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-C-2
Dimensionsheight 232 cm x width 547 cm
Physical characteristicsolieverf op doek

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Banquet at the Crossbowmen’s Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster

Identification

Title(s)
- Banquet at the Crossbowmen’s Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster
- The Celebration of the Peace of Münster, 18 June 1648, in the Headquarters of the Crossbowmen's Civic Guard (St George Guard), Amsterdam
Object type
Object number
SK-C-2
Inscriptions / marks
- inscription: ‘Belloone walgt van Bloedt / ja Mars vervloeckt het daveren / Van't zwangere metaal, / en 't zwaardt bemint de schee: / Dies biedt de dapp're Wits / aan d'eedele van Waveren / Op 't eeuwige verbondt, / den hooren van de Vree.’
- signature and date: ‘Bartholomeus Vander Helst, fecit Aº 1648.’
Description
18 June 1648: a banquet is taking place at the Amsterdam crossbowmen’s guild. The occasion was the signing of the Treaty of Münster, which marked an end to the war with Spain. The captains of the civic guard company shake hands as a sign of peace, and the drinking horn is passed around. The poem on the drum proclaims the joy of Amsterdam’s armed militia that their weapons can henceforth be laid to rest.
Catalogue reference
Annual report : Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (1999), p. 38-39, afb.

Creation

Creation
painter: Bartholomeus van der Helst
Dating
1648
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Material and technique

Physcial description
olieverf op doek
Material
Dimensions
height 232 cm x width 547 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
On loan from the City of Amsterdam
Ownership
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- Annual report : Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (1999), p. 38-39, afb.
- Judith van Gent, 'Een 'vleyend penceel' : Bertholomeus van der Helst : begaafd schilder van de Amsterdamse elite', Ons Amsterdam 63 (2011) nr. 10, p. 408-409.
- P. Jeroense, 'Govert Flinck. Eine Künstlerbiographie', Niederdeutsche Beitrage zur Kunstgeschichte 36 (1997), p. 90.
- R.B.F. van der Sloot en J.B. Kist, 'Iets over de degenvesten in Hoorn rond het jaar 1650', Armamentaria 5 (1970), p. 16.
- Documentatiemap: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt.
- A.-E. Theuerkauff-Liederwald, 'Die niederländischen Gläser aus dem Gemälde von Bathelomäus van der Helst 'Schütsenmahlzeit am 18. Juni 1648 in der St. Jorisdoelen zu Amsterdam'', Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, ICOM glass Congress, Brussel 1965, paper 266
- J. Bos, 'Capitaele Stucken', Jaarboek Amstelodamum 88 (1996), p. 65-102.
- Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (2011), afb. p. 86, afb. p. 96.
- R. Jellema, 'De Schuttersmaaltijd door Van der Helst in het Teylers Museum?', Teylers Museum Magazijn 16 (1987), p. 1-4.
- Inzoomer object op zaal, 2013 (Nederlands/English).
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jaarverslag 2006, p. 53
- Nina Geerdink, 'Jan Vos (1610-1667), de schilderkunst en de Amsterdamse regenten', Oud Holland 127 (2014) nr. 2/3, p. 96, afb. 2.
- A.J de Bull, 'Van der Helst - Kaiser', Kunstkronijk (1856), p. 59-60.
- Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 33 (2007) sept.-okt., nr. 5, p. 9

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