# Militia Company of District VIII in Amsterdam under the Command of Captain Roelof Bicker

- By: Bartholomeus van der Helst (Haarlem, 1613–1670)
- Date: c. 1640 - c. 1643
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 235 cm x width 750 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-375--32c861eb1066927593d0978481a38638)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/gpAAf/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.