The Sampling Officials

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. It has been described as his "last great collective portrait".

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  • 1662

Also known as:

  • Syndics of the Drapers' Guild,
  • The Syndics

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Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call...

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  • 1.915 m (6.283 ft )
  • 2.79 m (9.15 ft )

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  • 1808
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