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Mayor of Haarlem
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4 October 1594
Death:
28 June 1673(Haarlem, County of Holland, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands)
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Introduction
Johan Schatter (4 October 1594 – 28 June 1673), was a Dutch Golden Age brewer and mayor of 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 mayor, 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.