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358 Route 42. HAARLEM. Municipal Museum.
wall beside the entrance), Officers and sergeants of the Arquebusiers
of St. George, 1639: and 428 (in the middle of the second long
wall), The governors of the Elizabeth Hospital, 1641, which savours
strongly of Rembrandt's style. To the left and right of the last are
two portraits painted in 1631: 134, 132. Nic, van der Meer, Burgo-
master of Haarlem and his wife. The two Temaining pictures, at
either end of this long wall, were painted in 1664, at the age of
over 80, after a long interval, which the biography of the master
has not explained: 129, 130. The governors and lady-managers of
the hospital for old men and women,
Room V. 122. Dirck Hals, Flute - player (4630); 92. A. van
Everdingen, View of Haarlem; 47. A. Brouwer, Tavern-scene; 16,
G. Berckheyde, Town Hall of Haarlem (1674); 257. J. van Ruys-
dael, Landscape; 31. G. Terburg, Family portraits; 207, J. van der
Meer van Haarlem, View of Haarlem Dunes; 137. Joh. Hals, Merry
company; 253. P. Roestraten (son-in-law of Frans Hals), Declar-
ation of love; 139. Reyn. Hals, Child eating soup. — 85. W. 0.
Duyster, Guard-room: 292. Jan Victors, Portrait of a burgomaster
of Amsterdam (1661); 214. P. Molyn, Plundering soldiers (1630);
289, 290, 286, 237. J. ©. Verspronck, Portraits of two married cou-
ples (4654-55 and 1637); 1. M. van Mierevelt, Portrait (1637);
258. P. Saenredam, The Nieuwe Kerk at Haarlem (1652). — 256.
J. van Ruysdael, Huts on the dunes; 272. C. Troost, Family group
(1744) ; 269. Jan Steen, Village-fair; 243. J. M. Molenaer, Rustic
wedding (1652); 17. . Berckheyde, The fish-market at Haarlem
(1692); 188. Frans Hals the Younger, Still-life in a barn (1640);
136. Joh. Hails, Children playing; 159. Gerrit de Hees, Landscape.
— 316, 315. Ph. Wouverman, Goats and stags; 424. Dirck Hals.
Portrait; 320. Jan Wynants, Landscape; 133. Frans Hails, Portrait
of himself (copy).
The attendant shows a
Arent Meindertsz Fabricius
in recognition of his servi
Iso (on request) a Silver-gilt goblet, presented to
by the Estates of Holland and West Friesland
I ces at the siege of Ostend in 1603; and a col-
lection of weapons, glass, and instruments of torture, The beautiful Gobdjet
of St. Martin, executed in 1604 for the guild of brewers, who paid 360 fl.
for it, deserves special attention. The cover was modelled by Hendrik
de Keyser, and the medallions by Ernst Janszoon van Vianen from designs
by Hendrik Goltzius. — It is proposed to transfer the museum to the former
orphanage (Pl. ©, 5, 6).
The Town Library (Pl. 15, O, 4; entrance Prinsenhof 4, off the
Jacobyne-Straat; open daily, except Sun., 10-4), which was formed
in 4595 from the former Johannite library, possesses many incuna-
bula and printed works of the 46th cent., MSS. of the 15th and 16th
cent., and a valuable collection of works in early Dutch literature.
History (including the history of printing) is well represented.
A little to the N. of the Groote Markt, Jansstraat 79, is the
Episcopal Museum (P1.4 ; D, 3, 4), a collection of Dutch ecclesiastical
antiquities (mainly from the bishopric of Haarlem). Open daily,
except Sun., Sat., & holidays, 10-5; adm. 5c. |
