The Syndics of the Amsterdam Goldsmiths Guild
Artist: Thomas de Keyser (Dutch, 1596/97-1667)
Date: 1627
Dimensions:
Painting: 50 1/8 x 60 in. (127.2 x 152.4 cm.)
Framed: 59 1/4 x 68 3/4 x 3 in. (150.5 x 174.6 x 7.6 cm)
Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1960.11
Label Text:These men are the syndics, or officers, of the Amsterdam association of metalworkers. Syndics oversaw the quality of the raw material and of the finished products of guild members. Because their portrait hung in the guildhall, visible to their customers, Thomas de Keyser created a group portrait that communicates the authority and the competence of the syndics.
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