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Militia Company of District VIII in Amsterdam under the Command of Captain Roelof Bicker
Also titled Schutters van wijk VIII in Amsterdam onder leiding van kapitein Roelof Bicker
Bartholomeus van der Helst (Haarlem, 1613–1670)
c. 1640 - c. 1643
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 235 cm x width 750 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Civilians also served as armed guardsmen to defend their cities. The wealthiest among them were eager to have their portraits included in large civic guard paintings. This painting originally hung in the same hall of the Kloveniersdoelen (Arquebusiers’ Headquarters) as Rembrandt’s night Watch. We know everyone’s name except for the boy carrying a red cloak in the middle. He is the servant of the man beside him, holding a staff.
