The Steel Masters: the college of steel masters or dignitaries of the Amsterdam clothmakers' guild, gathered around a table with a Persian cloth on top. On the table the open sample book. Depicted from left to right are: Jochem de Neve (1629-81), Aernout van der Mye (c. 1625-81), the servant Frans Hendricksz Bel (1629-1701), Willem van Doeyenburg (c. 1616-87), Volckert Jansz (1605/10-81), Jacob van Loon (1595-1674). On the left above the fireplace a painting with a burning beacon, The Steel Masters, print maker: Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), print maker: Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, after

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