- Artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Year
- 1662
- Also known as
- The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers' Guild, Known as 'The Syndics'
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 191.5 × 279 cm
Public Domain
Rijksmuseum
Five members of Amsterdam’s drapers’ guild gather around a table, one rising from his chair as if interrupted by the viewer’s arrival. Rembrandt transforms a routine group commission into a study of collective attention and individual character, with warm, raking light unifying the composition.