Kloveniersdoelen, Amsterdam

The Kloveniersdoelen ("musketeers' shooting range") was a complex of buildings in Amsterdam which served as headquarters and shooting range for the local schutterij (civic guard). The companies of kloveniers were armed with an early type of musket known as an arquebus, known in Dutch as a bus, haakbus or klover (from the French couleuvrine), hence the name kloveniers. Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch was commissioned for the great hall of the Kloveniersdoelen.

Kloveniersdoelen, Amsterdam

The Kloveniersdoelen ("musketeers' shooting range") was a complex of buildings in Amsterdam which served as headquarters and shooting range for the local schutterij (civic guard). The companies of kloveniers were armed with an early type of musket known as an arquebus, known in Dutch as a bus, haakbus or klover (from the French couleuvrine), hence the name kloveniers. Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch was commissioned for the great hall of the Kloveniersdoelen.