The Amsterdam Civic Guard Pieces within and outside the New Rijksmuseum Pt. 4

Abstract

A mong the artist-families that flourished in Amsterdam in the Golden Age of the first half of the seventeenth century, the De Keyser family deserves first place. 1 The head of the family was Hendrik de Keyser, the architect and sculptor, who was born in Utrecht.After having moved with his teacher Cornelis Bloemaert from Utrecht to Amsterdam, he married Beyken Pietersdochter van Wilder there in 1591. 2 In his new residence he soon acquired the esteem and trust of the government and notable burghers and received many commissions, of which Pieter Cornelisz Hooft, when still a student, predicted --what became so literally true --"the nation will use your works as the main witnesses to its descendants of its present happiness." 3 When he died, on May 15, 1621, Hendrik de Keyser left four sons.The youngest inherited his father's first name, but the three oldest became the heirs of his artistic nature.The oldest, Pieter, finished the tomb of Prince William I in Delft, started by his father.Since he was a city stonemason in Amsterdam, it was probably he who delivered the designs for the city's buildings erected in the time of Prince Frederik Hendrik: the Heiligewegs-, Antonies-and Nieuwe Regulierspoort, the Staalhof, 4 the Arquebusier civic guard hall, etc. Kramm 5 mentions that he was the teacher and father-in-law of the sculptor Nicholas Stone, who is famous in England. 6 Willem de Keyser, the third son, worked primarily in England, where he probably died.We find, however, from 1642 to 1652 mentions of a Willem de Keyser as a stonemason in Amsterdam.In 1647, he was appointed city stonemason after that office had been vacant for some time. 7Pieter de Keyser had therefore not held the office until his death, as he was still alive in 1654. 8Willem died perhaps in 1653. 9 In any case, in that year Simon Bosboom 10 took his place.Bosboom is known because he collaborated on the Town Hall and published architectural books. 11

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