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This painting represents the interior of a guardroom. In seventeenth century Dutch painting guardroom scenes became a popular subject with several specialists active in this domain: Jacob Duck, Pieter Codde, Willem Duyster, and above all Anthonie Palamedesz.. By contrast, in Flemish painting these scenes were rather rare. The present painting is unique in the oeuvre of Gillis van Tilborgh. It depicts an officer reading a letter for four men, amidst a pile of weapons and a war standard.
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