The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild

E3969

group portrait painting

The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild is a celebrated 1662 group portrait by Rembrandt depicting Amsterdam cloth inspectors gathered around a table in a moment of interrupted business.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group portrait → painting →
alsoKnownAs	De Staalmeesters →
artForm	oil on canvas →
artHistoricalSignificance	celebrated masterpiece of Dutch civic group portraiture →
artist	Rembrandt →
artworkStyle	Baroque →
collection	Rijksmuseum collection →
commissionedBy	Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild →
commissionedFor	Drapers’ Guild hall in Amsterdam →
countryOfOrigin	Dutch Republic →
creator	Rembrandt →
creatorNationality	Dutch →
depictionDescription	officials gathered around a table in a moment of interrupted business →
depicts	cloth inspectors → interrupted meeting → ledger or book → syndics of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild → table →
depictsObject	carpeted table → papers on table → sample book of cloth →
depictsTimePeriod	17th-century Amsterdam →
genre	group portraiture → portrait painting →
hasPart	five seated syndics → one standing servant or attendant →
inception	1662 →
languageOfTitle	English →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Amsterdam →
location	Rijksmuseum →
mainSubject	Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild officials →
materialUsed	oil paint →
movement	Dutch Golden Age painting →
notableWorkOf	Rembrandt →
originalTitle	De Staalmeesters →
originalTitleLanguage	Dutch →
partOf	Rijksmuseum permanent collection →
placeOfCreation	Amsterdam →
significantEventDepicted	annual inspection of cloth →
subjectOccupation	cloth inspectors →
subjectRole	guild officials →
surface	canvas →
theme	civic duty → collective portraiture → commerce →
title	The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ferdinand Bol ("Governors of the Wine Merchants Guild") → Rembrandt van Rijn →	notableWork
De Staalmeesters ("Syndics of the Drapers' Guild") → The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild →	title
The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild ("Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild") →	commissionedBy
The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild ("syndics of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild") →	depicts