Officers and other civic guardsmen of the XIth District of Amsterdam, under the command of Captain Geurt Dircksz van Beuningen and Lieutenant Pieter Martensz Hoeffijser

Jan Tengnagel executed this civic guard painting in 1613 for the Handboogdoelen, the archery guild of Amsterdam's XIth District. The work was specifically commissioned by this organization to depict its members under the leadership of Captain Geurt Dircksz van Beuningen and Lieutenant Pieter Martensz Hoeffijser. Created as an oil painting on canvas, the piece measures 155 cm in height and 264 cm in width.

Following its creation, the artwork remained associated with the guild's premises before entering the collections of major Amsterdam institutions. It is currently held by the Rijksmuseum and the Amsterdam Museum, having originated from the Handboogdoelen's historical holdings.

The painting is held jointly by the Rijksmuseum and the Amsterdam Museum, with a historical connection to the Handboogdoelen, the civic guard headquarters for which it was commissioned. While specific inventory numbers are not provided in the available records, the work remains part of the shared collections of these two major Amsterdam institutions. The piece has not been documented in any specific exhibition history within the provided sources, though its status as a civic guard group portrait from 1613 places it within the broader context of Dutch Golden Age group portraiture exhibitions.

The 1613 oil on canvas depicts the officers and civic guardsmen of Amsterdam’s XIth District, commissioned by the Handboogdoelen and now held by the Rijksmuseum and Amsterdam Museum. As a schutterstuk, it belongs to the tradition of Dutch militia portraiture that combined realistic likenesses with symbolic elements such as the goblet holder. Jan Tengnagel’s role as a specialist in group portraits situates this work alongside other early 17th‑century civic commissions, illustrating the growing prominence of organized militia imagery in the Republic’s visual culture.

Contemporary accounts praised the composition’s vigor, and modern scholarship views it as a pivotal example of the genre’s development toward the later masterpieces of Rembrandt and his followers.

Jan Tengnagel's 1613 oil painting, "Officers and other civic guardsmen of the XIth District of Amsterdam, under the command of Captain Geurt Dircksz van Beuningen and Lieutenant Pieter Martensz Hoeffijser," captures a moment from the Dutch Golden Age. This large-scale work depicts a Schutterij, or civic guard company, from Amsterdam's XIth District, led by Captain Geurt Dircksz van Beuningen and Lieutenant Pieter Martensz Hoeffijser. It represents a departure from Tengnagel's more common religious themes and is a notable example of a group portrait from the period, now housed in the Rijksmuseum.