Cocq

The officers, Banning Cocq and Van Ruytenburch, presumably paid more, putting the picture in line with the most costly of Rembrandt's career.

Revolutionary Militia Jonathan Lopez 2012

Banning Cocq's red sash rhymes with the red uniform of the guard loading his musket, at left, and the guard blowing residual powder out of his weapon's pan, at right.

Revolutionary Militia Jonathan Lopez 2012

Frans Banning Cocq, would gladly have marched his men off the canvas to confront the Nazis, if only he could.

Revolutionary Militia Jonathan Lopez 2012

Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch, boldly stride out of the shadows into the sunshine, the illusion of their forward motion enhanced not only by chiaroscuro but by the zigzag pattern of the figure group's overall footprint, a typical Baroque strategy for leading the eye into and out of the depth of the picture.

Revolutionary Militia Jonathan Lopez 2012

Banning Cocq, for one, was pleased with it: He commissioned two small-scale copies for himself.

Revolutionary Militia Jonathan Lopez 2012

Gautier de Mortagne (1155-74), author of six small theological treatises; Robert le Cocq (1352-8), who in October, 1356, and March,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Cocq as a soldier we know nothing, but as a sitter he is hardly second to any in the world.

A Wanderer in Holland 1903

In the Sortie of the Civic Guard, Captain Cocq is resplendent in his military regalia.

Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation 1893

The picture we have here represents the Civic Guard of Amsterdam during the captaincy of Frans Banning Cocq in 1642.

Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation 1893

Captain Cocq leads the way with Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenberg, of Vlaerdingen, and as he advances gives orders to his fellow officer.

Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation 1893