# The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, Known as ‘The Syndics’

- By: Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
- Date: 1662
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 191.5 cm x width 279 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-6--575b43f479d021359fb5f63b32f7c234)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/cWWQE/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)

After suffering financial difficulties in the 1650s, Rembrandt moved to a rental house on the Rozengracht. The Amsterdam élite no longer knocked on his door as often as they had done before. He nevertheless remained popular: this important guild commissioned him to paint a group portrait. Rembrandt produced a lively scene by having the wardens look up from their work as if interrupted by our arrival.