The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627 [SEP] creator
The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627
The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627 refers to a schutterstuk painted by Frans Hals for the St. George (or St. Joris) civic guard of Haarlem, and today is considered one of the main attractions of the Frans Hals Museum there.
In this group, each man wears a sash belonging to the color of the "rot", in this painting all three are represented with their flag-bearers wearing the colours
in "The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627", and as "fiscaal" in "The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639". He was painted yet again by Pieter Claesz Soutman in the same role in 1644.
For a long time this painting was dated 1640, but the striking similarity of his face with the version from 1627 and especially his dress has recently led art historians to conclude that this painting was probably a wedding pendant. He married Cunera van Baersdorp