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Pieter de Jong (c.1610 – after 1639), was a
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Pieter de Jong
in ''De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken'', by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 71, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives * ''Florens van der Houff'' in Collections of Paintings in Haarlem: 1572-1745, by Peter Biesboer (editor Carol Togneri), Getty Trust Publications, Los Angeles, 2003 1610s births 1640s deaths Frans Hals Painters from Haarlem {{Netherlands-bio-stub
Pieter de Jong (c.1610 – after 1639), was a Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age ( ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the '' Rampjaar'' occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific development ...
member of the Haarlem schutterij.
He is only known from his portrait painted by Frans Hals
Frans Hals the Elder (, ; ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worship but citizens liked to decorate thei ...
in his schutterstuk called '' The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639''. The portrait is possibly not of him but of someone called ''Mr. Johan van Wallenburg'' or "van Brienen".Pieter de Jong mentionedin the
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He is portrayed standing next to Hals himself as a sergeant of the white brigade, because he is wearing a white sash and holding a sergeant's halberd.
De Jong is possibly the individual mentioned as the brother of the "former mayor Houff" in the archive document relating to the testament of Florens van der Houff, who is also portrayed in the same painting.
References
Pieter de Jong
in ''De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken'', by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 71, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives * ''Florens van der Houff'' in Collections of Paintings in Haarlem: 1572-1745, by Peter Biesboer (editor Carol Togneri), Getty Trust Publications, Los Angeles, 2003 1610s births 1640s deaths Frans Hals Painters from Haarlem {{Netherlands-bio-stub