Trou moet Blycken

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The "House with steps", seat of the "Trou Moet Blycken" Society in Haarlem.

Trou Moet Blycken is a historical chamber of rhetoric over 500 years old and currently a gentlemen's club on the Grote Houtstraat in Haarlem, Netherlands.

History

Pieter Biesboer, former curator of the Frans Hals Museum, art historian, and member, receives visitors on Monument Day, September, 2010.

Though the society probably goes back earlier in time, the earliest document from the archives shows that it definitely was established by 1503, so this has been historically used as the year of birth, most recently for the 500 year anniversary in 2003.[1] This was not the only chamber of rhetoric in Haarlem; The Haarlem painters Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde and Salomon de Bray were members of the chamber called 'De Wijngaardranken'.

The front of the building is decorated with pelicans, symbolizing the "Blazoen" of the chamber itself, a pelican feeding its young.[2]

  • The seat of the society from 1609 until 1880. The pelican gable stone in the middle shows the blazoen of the club.

  • Built for the society from 1876-1880, the society couldn't afford it and moved to the present location instead.

  • A commemorative plaque from 2003 shows the old-fashioned names for the club's board members; Emperor, Prince, Fiscaal, Flag bearer, Vinders and a Factor

  • Blazoen of Trou Moet Blycken painted by Frans Pietersz de Grebber

  • Pieter Biesboer and the Blazoen of Trou Moet Blycken painted by Jan Naghel.

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References

  1. ↑ Website of Trou Moet Blycken
  2. ↑ Rijksmonument report
Dutch Rijksmonument 19211

Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 4°37′56″E / 52.37806°N 4.63222°E / 52.37806; 4.63222


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