Johan Schatter (4 October 1594 – 28 June 1673), was a

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brewer from

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Biography

He was born in

as the son of the malt maker Hercules Schatter and Cornelia Jacobsdr van Os, brewers of ''De Gecroonde Ruyt'', which he took over. Johan became a judge, magistrate, and alderman, and joined the St Adrian militia as captain and served from 1624-1627, 1636-1637, and served as fiscal/provost from 1637-1642.Johan Schatter
in the

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record for this group portrait He was portrayed 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 ...

twice; in his

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called '' The Banquet of the Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1627'', and again in 1633. He married Volckje, the daughter of

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on 24 April 1616. He died in Haarlem.

References

Johan Schatter
in ''De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken'', by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 60, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives 1594 births 1673 deaths Businesspeople from Haarlem Mayors of places in the Dutch Republic Frans Hals Mayors of Haarlem Dutch brewers {{Netherlands-mayor-stub