Six Regents and the Beadle of the Nieuwezijds Institute for the Outdoor Relief of the Poor, Amsterdam, 1657, Ferdinand Bol, 1657

Title(s)

Six Regents and the Beadle of the Nieuwezijds Institute for the Outdoor Relief of the Poor, Amsterdam, 1657

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-C-436

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Aº. 1657. 7/24 FBol.’

Description

Groepsportret van de zes regenten en de bode van het Nieuwezijds Huiszittenhuis te Amsterdam, 1657. Voorgesteld zijn van links naar rechts: Cornelus Metsue, Jan Appelman, Abraham Ernst van Bassen, Joachim Jansz Scheepmaker, Jan van Halewijn en Tyman Veeneman.

Artist

• painter: Ferdinand Bol

Dating

24-Jul-1657

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 160.2 cm × width 208.8 cm × depth 8.5 cm

What

• board, esp. governors, trustees, etc. (Dutch: 'regenten')
• historical persons

Where

• Nieuwezijds Huiszittenhuis

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 2-Oct-1885

Copyright

Public domain

• De oude Meesters van de stad Amsterdam : schilderijen tot 1800, cat.nr. 179
• Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680) : Rembrandt's pupil, Albert Blankert, Ina Rike
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 124