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Van Mander wrote that this painting was somewhat unsettling to see but not badly done for his day. The painting Van Mander referred to was a depiction of what is known today as the and was later destroyed in the fire which burned the city hall down in 1652. The painting in storyboard form was probably commissioned by the Amsterdam council to both depict the dead militiamen in scenes of heroic bravery, while serving as a warning to any future insurgents.
Foreign years the attribution of a portrait of the Amsterdam militiamen (Militiamens" meal with 8 men) was also given to Barend Dircksz.