# Officers and other Civic Guardsmen of the XIX District of Amsterdam, under the command of Captain Cornelis Bicker and Lieutenant Frederick van Banchem, waiting to welcome Marie de Médicis, 1 September 1638

- By: Joachim von Sandrart (I) (Frankfurt am Main, 1606–1688)
- Date: 1640
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 343 cm x width 258 cm x height 363 cm x width 277 cm x thickness 10 cm x weight 100 kg
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-393--4ee44d8ab0a79d3af3c3c6c5a52e6116)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/nWJyj/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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Joachim von Sandrart (1606 - 1688). The company of Captain Cornelis Bicker, waiting to welcome Maria de' Medici, the dowager queen of France, 1638. The men of Cornelis Bicker served as a guard of honour when Maria de' Medici visited Amsterdam in 1638. They made this proud achievement the theme of their group portrait. The riflemen are grouped around a marble bust of Maria de' Medici. The sheet of paper beneath the bust contains a poem devoted to this painting by the famous 17th-century Dutch poet Vondel. Painted for the Great Hall of the Kloveniersdoelen, Amsterdam. On loan from the city of Amsterdam, 1885.