Arent Jacobsz. Koets (c.1600 – 1 March 1635), was a Dutch Golden Age concierge of the Haarlem schutterij.

Arent Jacobsz. Koets, detail of Hals's banquet of 1627

Biography

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He was a member of the St. James guild (St. Jacobsgilde), and married Guertje Henricksdr., the daughter of Henrick Lamberts and Meyntgen Thijmens.[1] He was portrayed by Frans Hals in The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627.

On 1 March 1635 he was buried in Haarlem.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Arent Jacobsz. Koets in record for this painting in the RKD
  • Arent Jacobsz. Koets in De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 50–51, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives