Hugo Mattheusz Steyn
Hugo Matheusz. Steyn (1577 – 1632), was a Dutch Golden Age notary and member of the Haarlem schutterij.
Biography[edit]
He was born in Haarlem as the son of the mayor and church warden Mattheus Steyn and Dirkje van der Graft-Gael. He was the brother of the Spaarndam toll collector Tyman Matheusz. Steyn. Hugo became the city secretary and was a member of the Catholic St. James guild (St. Jacobsgilde) and married Cornelia van der Meyde in 1606.[1] He became lieutenant of the St. George militia in Haarlem from 1612-1615 and was captain 1618-1621. He was portrayed by Frans Hals along with his son in The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616.
He died in Haarlem.
References[edit]
- ^ Hugo Steyn Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine in record for this painting in the RKD
- Hugo Matheusz. Steyn in De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 67, Haerlem : jaarboek 1958, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives
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