Francois Woutersz

François Wouters (1600 – 1661), was a Dutch Golden Age brewer and mayor of Haarlem.

[1] He was born and baptized (3 August 1600) in Haarlem as the son of Lambert Wouters and Magdalena Pieters van der Straten, owners of the brewery "Druyff".

He was the brother of Lambert with whom he was portrayed along with the rest of the officers of the local St. George militia in Frans Hals' painting The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639.

[1] From 1648 he was captain, and still later colonel, and in 1641 he was also painted by Hals as a regent of the St. Elisabeth Gasthuis, Haarlem.

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