Willem van Ruytenburch
1600 AD – 1652 AD
Willem van Ruytenburch, lord of Vlaardingen and Vlaardingen-Ambacht (1600–1652) was a member of the Dutch gentry and Amsterdam patriciate of the Dutch Golden Age. He became an alderman of Amsterdam and joined the Schutterij (city guard) of Frans Banninck Cocq. Willem was featured, as a lieutenant, in Rembrandt's 1642 painting The Night Watch for which he is now probably most famous.
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Born · 1600 AD
1642 ADRembrandt Paints The Night Watch Locked · Opens once we have made this moment and it has been the daily.
Died · 1652 AD
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Frans Banninck Cocq