The Sampling Officials

The Sampling Officials

Infobox Painting



painting_alignment = center
image_size = 300px
title = The Sampling Officials
other_language_1 = Dutch
other_title_1 = De Staalmeesters
artist = Rembrandt
year = 1662
type = Oil on canvas
height = 191.5
width = 279
city = Amsterdam
museum = Rijksmuseum

"The Sampling Officials" (Dutch: "De Staalmeesters"), also called "Syndics of the Drapers' Guild", is an oil painting by Rembrandt. It is owned by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. [ [http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/SK-C-6?lang=en The Sampling Officials] . Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.] It has been described as his "last great collective portrait". [ [http://www.theartgallery.com.au/ArtEducation/greatartists/Rembrandt/about/ The Worldwide Art Gallery. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669).] ]

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External links

*" [http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/SK-C-6?lang=en The Sampling Officials] " at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam


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