Johan Damius

Johan Damius (1570 – 15 December 1648), was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij.

The young Damius was educated along with his brother Mathias to become a doctor, but both brothers later became political rebels after their father died in 1612, acting against the remonstrant council of Haarlem in 1618.

Mathias was banned from the city for supporting Adriaen Jacobsz Tetrode and Daniel de Souter when he published 3 contra-remonstrant pamphlets in 1617 starting with Requeste der dolerende Kercke te Haerlem.

[2] He was portrayed by Frans Hals in his militia group portrait or schutterstuk, The Banquet of the Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1627.

Anna was the cousin of Boudewijn van Offenberg, the flag bearer in the pendant of this painting, painted in the same year for the St. George militia: The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1627.