Binnert Jans Tinga (1785-1838), The patriotic free corps exercising in the Marktstraat of Sneek

Binnert Jans Tinga (1785-1838)

The patriotic free corps exercising in the Marktstraat of Sneek

oil on panel, unframed, 42x66 cm

Please compare to a painting with a similar composition, painted by Hermanus van der Velde (1744-1826), dated 1786, in the collection of the Fries Scheepvaart Museum, Sneek, and illustrated in: Meindert Schroor, ‘Sneek, van veenterp tot waterpoortstad’, Leeuwarden 2011, ill. pp. 90-91, described as: ‘Het patriottisch vrijkorps exercerend in de Marktstraat; links de Waag en rechts de herberg De Witte Arend'.