Gabriel Loreyn

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Gabriel Loreyn, detail of schutterstuk by Frans Hals in 1639

Gabriel Loreyn (1591 – 1660), was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij.

Biography[edit]

He was born in Haarlem as the son of Fermijn and Josina Verkruyssen.[1] He became first sergeant of the St. George militia 1636-1629, then lieutenant 1642-1645, and was portrayed along with the rest of the officers of his militia in Frans Hals' painting The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639.[1] He married Geertruyt van Clarenbeek (1589-1660) on 12 April 1589.[1]

He died in Haarlem.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gabriel Loreyn in De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 72, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives