Background
He was born in Haarlem as the son of the Haarlem magistrate Dammas van Hoorn and Christina (Stijntje) Suyderhoeff.
He was born in Haarlem as the son of the Haarlem magistrate Dammas van Hoorn and Christina (Stijntje) Suyderhoeff.
Andries became magistrate in 1627, and captain of the schutterij in 1633, when he was painted by Frans Hals in his group portrait The Officers of the Street Adrian Militia Company in 1633. He later became colonel for many years. In his portrait of Andries as captain, Frans Hals seems to have him talking with his brother-in-law Lieutenant Buttinga who is seated in the foreground looking up at him.
Andries turns towards the viewer as if he is interrupted, and it is this informal pose which set Frans Hals apart as a painter and made him popular as a group portraitist in Haarlem.
His informality was copied by later artists, such as Bartholomeus van der Helst (who was possibly his pupil). Buttinga had previously been painted three years earlier as sergeant on the far right in Hendrik Pot"s The Officers of the Street Adrian Militia Company in 1630.
He became mayor in 1655. Their daughter Maria van Hoorn married jhr. mr.
Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn (1638-1673) in 1662.
He died in Haarlem.