A Group of Guardsmen, 1529, A group of shooters from the Kloveniersdoelen. Militia piece consisting of three parts: a middle piece from 1529 with seventeen people and two side pieces each with seven portraits that were added later. All figures are presented in bust or half-length, with a black beret on the head and usually with gesticulated hands. On the left-hand side a man with a song on a piece of paper, a man with a rummer and a shooter with a herring and a knife. In the middle, two gunmen hold the barrel of their rifles in their hands, above a man with a pen. In the right part also a writing man with a pen next to the man with a tin can, warfare, military affairs (citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia), Kloveniersdoelen, Dirck Jacobsz, 1529 and/or 1559, panel, oil paint (paint), support: h 119.3 cm (centre panel) × w 174.4 cm (centre panel) × h 119.7 cm (left wing) × w 75.9 cm (left wing) × h 120.4 cm (right wing) × w 76.1 cm (right wing) w 60 kg
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