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12-AUG-2013 Copyright: Piet Schuttelaar - 2013 - Stein

Schutters van wijk VIII in Amsterdam olv kapitein Roedolf Bicker.

Amsterdam - Rijksmuseum

Kunstschilder: Bartholomeus van der Helst ( 1630 – 1670 )
Olieverf op doek - 1643.
Dit schitterende Schutterstafereel is 7,5 meter breed
Van der Helst liet de 30 schutters niet eentonig op een rij staan,
maar zette degenen in de lichtste kleding vooraan,
op regelmatige afstand van elkaar.
De schilder voegde zichzelf helemaal
links aan de groep toe.

Militia Company of District VIII in Amsterdam, under the command
of captain Roelof Bicker.
Painter: Bartholomeus van der Helst ( 1630 – 1670 )
Oil on canvas – 1643
This beautiful Civil Guard painting is a substantial 7,5 meters wide.
Van der Helst did not line up the thirty militiamen in a static row,
but positioned the ones with de lightest coloured clothing in the front at regular intervals.
The painter included himself in the group, at the far left.



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