Loth Schout
Loth Schout (1600 – 1655), was a Dutch Golden Age brewer of Haarlem.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Haarlem as the son of judge Jan Jacobsz Schout and Dirkje Steyn, brewers of Twee Gecroonde Starren. Loth became a flag bearer of the St Adrian militia in 1622-1630.[1] He was portrayed by Frans Hals in his schutterstuk called The Banquet of the Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1627.[1] He quit the militia when he married on 25 August 1630 to Geertruyd Borst (d.1649), the daughter of Cornelis Gerbrandsz & Trijntje Willemsdr, brewers in De Passer.
He died in Haarlem.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Loth Schout in the RKD record for this group portrait
- Loth Schout in De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 60, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives
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