Hendrik Gerritsz Pot

Born: 1581

Death: 1657

Biography:

Hendrik Gerritsz Pot (c. 1580 ? 15 October 1657 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, who lived and painted in Haarlem, where he was an officer of the militia, or schutterij. Dutch artist Frans Hals painted Pot in militia sash in Hals' The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1633. Pot is the man reading a book on the far right. Pot was...