Rijksmuseum

De waardijns van het Amsterdamse lakenbereidersgilde, bekend als ‘De Staalmeesters’

Date

1662

Medium

canvas, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

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.

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