(Les Chefs de la Gilde des arbalétriers)
The four officers of the Brotherhood of St. Sebastian at Amsterdam
are seated at a table in the foreground, with the insignia of the
Brotherhood displayed before them. By the side of the officer who,
seated to the right, is addressing his companions, is a slate on
which are inscribed their names. In the background to the right
are three young men with bows and arrows. From the left enters a
maid-servant with a drinking-horn.
Signed on the slate:—“BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DER HELST FECIT, 1653.”
Painted in oil on canvas affixed to panel.