Banquet of Eighteen Guardsmen of Squad L, Amsterdam 1566, known as 'The Perch Eaters', Dirck Barendsz., 1566

Title(s)

Banquet of Eighteen Guardsmen of Squad L, Amsterdam 1566, known as 'The Perch Eaters'

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-C-365

Inscriptions / marks

• date: ‘Anno 15L66’

Description

Schuttersstuk met de maaltijd van achttien Amsterdamse schutters van Rot L, 1566, bekend als 'De poseters'. De schutters van de Kloveniersdoelen eten vis met brood.

Artist

• painter: Dirck Barendsz.

Dating

1566

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 120 cm × width 295 cm
depth 12 cm
weight 64 kg

What

• warfare; military affairs (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia)
• celebration meal, feast, banquet
• fishes
• bread, loaf

Where

• Amsterdam

Who

• schutterij van Amsterdam

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 2-Oct-1885

Copyright

Public domain

• Cornelis van Haarlem 1562-1638, p. 29, afb. 11
• Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (ca. 1470-1533) : de Renaissance in Amsterdam en Alkmaar, p. 70-71, afb. 7.9
• Erasmus in beeld, Marjolijn Bol, Peter van der Coelen, p. 270, cat.nr. afb. 10
• De oude Meesters van de stad Amsterdam : schilderijen tot 1800
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 100
• De vroege Nederlandse schilderkunst in het Rijksmuseum, p. 200