The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639 refers to the last and largest schuttersstuk painted by Frans Hals for the St. George civic guard of Haarlem, and today is considered one of the m
The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639 (1639) by Frans Hals
Huis Zwanenburg te Halfweg on the occasion of the visit by Amalia van Solms in 1648, painted by Dirk Maas for Pieter Schatter in 1702
View of the rear entrance to the garden of the St. Jorisdoelen. Large paintings like this one may have pushed out others to be hung in this lowly corridor
Haarlem schutterij
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The Haarlem schutterij refers to a collective name for the voluntary civic guard of Haarlem, from medieval times up to the Batavian Revolution in 1794, when the guilds of Haarlem were disbanded.
Pages from Samuel Ampzing's description of Haarlem listing the officers of the schutterij in 1628
View of the keystone on the gatehouse to the Doelenplein around which the library is situated; it shows the weapons the 'shooters' carried.
1583, by Cornelis van Haarlem
1600, by Frans Pietersz de Grebber