About Johan Schatter
Lived 1594 – 1673 (aged 78). Johan Schatter was a Dutch politician.
Johan Schatter (4 October 1594 – 28 June 1673), was a Dutch Golden Age brewer from Haarlem.
Biography He was born in Haarlem as the son of the malt maker Hercules Schatter and Cornelia Jacobsdr van Os, brewers of De Gecroonde Ruyt, which he took over. Johan became a judge, magistrate, and alderman, and joined the St Adrian militia as captain and served from 1624-1627, 1636-1637, and served as fiscal/provost from 1637-1642. He was portrayed by Frans Hals twice; in his schutterstuk called The Banquet of the Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1627, and again in 1633. He married Volckje, the daughter of Pieter Jacobsz Olycan on 24 April 1616.
He died in Haarlem.
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Who was Johan Schatter?
Mayor of Haarlem
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Johan Schatter was born on 4 October 1594.
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Johan Schatter died on 28 June 1673 in Haarlem.
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Johan Schatter was a politician.
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Johan Schatter was Dutch.
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