The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild
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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.
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Target entity: The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild Context triple: [Rembrandt van Rijn, notableWork, The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild]
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The Quaker
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Target entity: The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild Target entity description: 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.
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The Lowry
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B.
Bonbright and Company
Bonbright and Company was a prominent early 20th-century American investment banking firm known for its work in public utilities and infrastructure finance.
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C.
The Quaker
The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
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D.
Court of Oyer and Terminer
The Court of Oyer and Terminer was a special colonial Massachusetts tribunal notorious for conducting the Salem witch trials of 1692, during which it authorized numerous executions for alleged witchcraft.
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Samuel Pepys
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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 van Rijn
ⓘ
surface form:
Rembrandt
|
| artworkStyle | Baroque ⓘ |
| collection | Rijksmuseum collection ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild
|
| commissionedFor | Drapers’ Guild hall in Amsterdam ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator |
Rembrandt van Rijn
ⓘ
surface form:
Rembrandt
|
| creatorNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| depictionDescription | officials gathered around a table in a moment of interrupted business ⓘ |
| depicts |
cloth inspectors
ⓘ
interrupted meeting ⓘ ledger or book ⓘ The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
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 van Rijn
ⓘ
surface form:
Rembrandt
|
| originalTitle | De Staalmeesters ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rijksmuseum
ⓘ
surface form:
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 self-link ⓘ |
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Subject: The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild Description of subject: 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.
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