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Where did Hendrik Gerritsz Pot work from 1603 to 1631?
Hendrik Gerritsz Pot Hendrik Gerritsz Pot ( c . 1580 – 15 October 1657 ( buried ) ) was a Dutch Golden Age painter , who lived and painted in Haarlem , where he was an officer of the militia , or schutterij . Dutch artist Frans Hals painted Pot in militia sash in Hals The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1633 . Pot is the man reading a book on the far right . Biography . Pot was born in Amsterdam and spent his early years in Amsterdam and Haarlem . In 1632 he traveled to London , where he painted the Royal Family . He lived from 1633 to 1648 in Haarlem , after which he moved to Amsterdam , where he died in 1657 . He served as Dean of the Haarlem Guild of St . Luke in 1626 , 1630 and 1635 . He served as the Guilds headman or Hoofdman in 1634 and 1648 . He died in Amsterdam . Works and style . Pot was probably a pupil of Karel van Mander , as was Hals , and they influenced each other . Pot’s paintings were sometimes allegorical in subject and he also painted group schutterstuk portraits , such as The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1630 . He was also influenced by painter and engraver Willem Buytewech . Pot was commissioned in London to paint portraits of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria in 1632 ; the results now hang in the Royal Collection in London . Pot’s type of genre scenes became known as Merry Company genre paintings . This included his 1635 piece , Portrait of a Young Woman , and a companion piece , now lost , as well as his 1630 piece , A Merry Company at Table . Both these paintings contain several objects considered sensual symbolism . A Merry Company at Table was set in a brothel , a popular theme in Dutch genre painting . The latter piece also contains a common theme addressed in Pot’s works ; beauty , age and death . This theme culminates in his well-known piece Allegory of Vanitas , usually referred to simply as Vanity , and which also contains motifs and symbols of sensual love . Other well-known Pot works are A Startling Introduction , The Coin Collector and Flora’s Wagon of Fools ( shown ) , in which he poked fun at the fledgling tulip trade in Haarlem , where for a short while the floral was sold by weight . His more standard , though still stylish , portrait works include his Portrait of Sir Robert Phelips and his works of the King and Queen of England . Selected works . - 1630 – Officers of the Civic Guard of St Adrian ( Frans Halsmuseum , Haarlem ) - 1630 – A Merry Company at Table ( National Gallery , London ) - 1630 – Portrait of a Man ( Rijksmuseum Amsterdam ) - 1632 – A Startling Introduction ( Royal Collection , London ) - 1632 – Charles I , Henrietta Maria and the Prince of Wales ( The Royal Collection , London ) - 1632 – Portrait of Sir Robert Phelips ( National Portrait Gallery , London ) - 1633 – Allegory of Vanitas or Vanity ( Frans Hals Museum , Haarlem ) - 1635–1640 – Woman Seated at a Table ( Vanitas ) ( Museum of Fine Arts , Boston ) - 1635 – Portrait of a Young Woman ( Liechtenstein Museum , Vienna ) - 1637 – Floras Wagon of Fools ( Frans Hals Museum , Haarlem ) - 1638 – Portrait of a Woman ( Rijksmuseum Amsterdam ) - 1639 – Admiral Maarten Harpertz Tromp ( Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent , Antwerp ) - 1640 – The Miser ( Uffizi Gallery , Florence ) - 1650 – The Painter in his Studio ( Gemeente Musea , Delft ) - 1655 – The Coin Collector ( Indianapolis Museum of Art , Indianapolis ) External links . - Biography and Images of Works at the Web Gallery or Art – www.wga.hu - Works and literature at PubHist