Bentvueghels [SEP] location of formation
Bentvueghels
The Bentvueghels (Dutch for "Birds of a Feather") were a society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome from about 1620 to 1720. They are also known as the Schildersbent ("painters' clique").
Activities.
The members, which included painters, etchers, sculptors and poets, all lived in different parts of the city (mostly the parishes of Santa Maria del Popolo and San Lorenzo in Lucina in the north of the city) and came together for social and intellectual
- Major-General H.R. Briggs (May 1942 – Jul 1944)
- Major-General Geoffrey Evans (Jul 1944 – Sep 1944)
- Brigadier Robert Mansergh (Sep 1944 – Sep 1944)
- Major-General Cameron Nicholson (Sep 1944 – Sep 1944)
- Major-General Dermot Warren (Sep 1944 – Feb 1945)
- Brigadier Joseph A Salomons (Feb 1945 – Feb 1945)
- Major-General Robert Mansergh (Feb 1945 – Aug 1945)
Formation during World War II Headquarters