![Pieter Codde & Frans Hals - The Meagre Company [1633]](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5250/5231227820_d0233ed585_b.jpg)
" Just to see that painting would make the journey to Amsterdam worthwhile " wrote Vincent van Gogh in 1885 , after having seen this work in the Rijksmuseum . He particularly liked the " orange banner in the left corner " he had seldom seen, " a more divinely beautiful figure " The painting which caused such a sensation was the group portrait of the crossbowman's militia under Captain Reinier Reael , painted by Frans Hals and Pieter Code in 1637 . The painting has been known for centuries as the 'Meagre Company ' because the figures portrayed all appear remarkably thin .
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Sunday, 16 October 2011
'The Meagre Company ' Frans Hals {Pieter Code } Dutch Oil on canvas Circa 1637
" Just to see that painting would make the journey to Amsterdam worthwhile " wrote Vincent van Gogh in 1885 , after having seen this work in the Rijksmuseum . He particularly liked the " orange banner in the left corner " he had seldom seen, " a more divinely beautiful figure " The painting which caused such a sensation was the group portrait of the crossbowman's militia under Captain Reinier Reael , painted by Frans Hals and Pieter Code in 1637 . The painting has been known for centuries as the 'Meagre Company ' because the figures portrayed all appear remarkably thin .
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