Bartholomeus van der Helst:
Banquet at the Crossbowmen’s Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster
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Artist |
Bartholomeus van der Helst
(1613–1670)
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Alternative names |
Bartel van der Elst, Bartelmeus van der Elst, Bartholomeus van der Elst, Bartel van der Helst, Bartelmeus van der Helst, Bartel Verelst, Bartelmeus Verelst, Bartholomeus Verelst, Bartel Verhelst, Bartelmeus Verhelst, Bartholomeus Verhelst |
Description |
Dutch painter and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
1613
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16 December 1670 (buried) |
Location of birth/death |
Haarlem |
Amsterdam |
Work period |
1628–1670 (?) |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q380704
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artist QS:P170,Q2049214
- Painting by Van der Helst, poem by
Vos
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Title |
The celebration of the peace of Münster, 18 June 1648, in the headquarters of the crossbowmen's civic guard (St George guard), Amsterdam. |
Object type |
painting
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Genre |
schutterstuk
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Description |
Celebration of the peace of Münster, 18 June 1648, in the headquarters of the crossbowmen's civic guard (St George guard), Amsterdam. The people portrayed are: (right, with silver horn) captain Cornelis Jansz. Witsen, (shakes hand of previous) lieutenant Johan Oetgens van Waveren, (seated behind the drum, with flag) reserve officer candidate Jacob Banning, sergeants Dirck Claesz. Thoveling and Thomas Hartog. Additionally: Pieter van Hoorn, Willem Pietersz. van der Voort, Adriaen Dirck Sparwer, Hendrick Calaber, Govert van der Mij, Johannes Calaber, Benedictus Schaesk, Jam Maes, Jacob van Diemen, Jan van Ommeren, Isaac Ooyens, Gerrit Pietersz. van Anstenraadt, Herman Teunisz. de Kluyter, Andries van ANstenraadt, Christoffel Poock, Hendrick Dommer Wz., Paulus Hennekijn, Lambregt van den Bos and Willem the drummer. |
Date |
1648 date QS:P571,+1648-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 232 cm (91.3 in); width: 547 cm (17.9 ft) dimensions QS:P2048,232U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,547U174728 |
Collection |
Rijksmuseum
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Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
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Established |
1800 |
Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
Current location |
room 2.8 |
Accession number |
SK-C-2 |
Object history |
1808: lent to the
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam by city of Amsterdam
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Inscriptions |
Poem bottom center:
Belloone walgt van bloedt / ja Mars vervloeckt het daveren / Van ’t zwangere metaal, / en 't zwaardt bemint de scheê: / Dies biedt de dapp’re Wits / aan d'eedele van Waveren / Op ’t eeuwig verbondt, /den hooren van de Vreê
Signature and date bottom right:
Bartholomeus Vander Helst, fecit Aº 1648.
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References |
AnonymousUnknown author,
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as De schuttersmaaltijd in de Voetboog- of St. Jorisdoelen te Amsterdam ter viering van het sluiten van de vrede van Munster, 18 juni 1648, 1648.
AnonymousUnknown author,
RKDimages, Art-work number 11709, as Schuttersmaaltijd in de Voetboog- of St. Jorisdoelen te Amsterdam ter viering van het sluiten van de Vrede van Münster, 18 juni 1648, 1648
AnonymousUnknown author,
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20016727, as Gastmahl der Schützengarde Sankt Georg in Amsterdam anläßlich des Westfälischen Friedens 1648, 1648
AnonymousUnknown author,
Web Gallery of Art, as Celebration of the Peace of Münster, 1648, at the Crossbowmen's Headquarters, 1648.
Domenicus-van Soest, Marleen (2003) Les Chefs-d'oeuvre. Guide [mus.cat.], [Amsterdam]: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, p. 10, as Le Banquet de la guilde des arabalétriers pour célébrer la Paix de Münster. |
Source/Photographer |
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-C-2 |
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