Banquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster
Bartholomeus van der Helst · 1648
Why it's great
Members of Amsterdam's civic guard celebrate the Peace of Münster in 1648 at an enormous feast, a group portrait of dozens of men in their Sunday best. Bartholomeus van der Helst painted it in the year peace came.
🏛️ Part of history
The Thirty Years' War & the Dutch Revolt (1568–1648) — Members of Amsterdam's civic guard celebrate the Peace of Münster in 1648 at an enormous feast, a group portrait of dozens of men in their Sunday best.
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Bartholomeus van der Helst was a Dutch painter born in Haarlem in 1613. He moved to Amsterdam, where he became one of the most successful portrait painters of his time, rivaling Rembrandt. He died in Amsterdam in 1670.
