Schutters van het vendel van kapitein Abraham Boom en luitenant Oetgens van Waveren

In 1622 civic guardsmen of the Amsterdam Crossbowmen’s Guild are sent to Zwolle. They have to guard the town while the Zwolle militia fight the Spanish army. This heroic group portrait commemorates their mission, even though the men did not have to fire a shot. The war between the Dutch Republic and Spain will go on until 1648.

Schutters van het vendel van kapitein Abraham Boom en luitenant Oetgens van Waveren

In 1622 civic guardsmen of the Amsterdam Crossbowmen’s Guild are sent to Zwolle. They have to guard the town while the Zwolle militia fight the Spanish army. This heroic group portrait commemorates their mission, even though the men did not have to fire a shot. The war between the Dutch Republic and Spain will go on until 1648.