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The company of Captain Reinier Reael and Lieutenant Cornelis Michielsz. Blaeuw, Amsterdam, 1637, known as the 'Meagre Company'. Militia painting with two sitting men. All other men are standing. Some carrying a banner,
halberd and
lance.
2 October 1885: lent to the
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, by the city of Amsterdam
Exhibition history
Dutch portraits. The age of Rembrandt and Frans Hals, National Gallery,
London, 27 June 2007–16 September 2007.
La obra invitada. La compañía del capitán Reael de Hals y Codde, Museo Nacional del Prado,
Madrid, 3 December 2009–28 February 2010.
Inscriptions
Dates center right:
Ao 1637
Notes
Hals was commissioned to paint this civic guard portrait in 1633. By 1636 the work was still unfinished and the commission went to Codde, who finished it a year later. Hals is said to have done the left side of the painting, up to the man in light clothes in the centre, as well as many of the hands and faces. The rest is by Codde.
References
AnonymousUnknown author,
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael, Known as ‘The Meagre Company’, 1637, height: 209 cm (82.2 in); width: 429 cm (14 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,209U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,429U174728
. AnonymousUnknown author,
RKDimages, Art-work number 11115, as Korporaalschap van kapitein Reynier Real en luitenant Cornelis Michielsz. Blaeuw, Amsterdam, 1633-1637, 1637 (1633-1637), height: 209 cm (82.2 in); width: 429 cm (14 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,209U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,429U174728
AnonymousUnknown author,
Web Gallery of Art, as The Meagre Company, 1633-37, height: 207.3 cm (81.6 in); width: 427.5 cm (14 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,207.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,427.5U174728
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AnonymousUnknown author, Kunstkronijk (1846), p. 4-12.
Dudok van Heel, S.A.C. (1993) 'Rembrandt en de Vaandrigs van de Amsterdamse Schutterij', Kroniek van het Rembrandthuis, no. 2, p. 18-19, afb.
Eeghen, I.H. van (1974) 'Pieter Codde en Frans Hals', Amstelodamum, vol. 61, p. 138-140, afb.
Suzman Jowell, F. (1974) 'Thoré-Bürger and the Revival of Frans Hals', The Art Bulletin, vol. 56, p. 109.
Torresan, P. (1975) 'Per una rvolutazione di Pieter Codde', Antichità viva, vol. 14, p. 12.
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The Meagre Company, an Amsterdam militia group portrait or schutterstuk by Frans Hals and Pieter Codde (1633-37)
Frans Hals en Pieter Codde: De magere compagnie (1633-1637)