City Hall (Haarlem) - Inside

Inside

A large number of paintings and objects from Haarlem's rich history can be found inside the building. One series of paintings depict the various counts of Holland, starting from Dirk I to Maximilian from Austria. In the Middle Ages these paintings were hanging in the Carmelieten Cloister in Haarlem; they were painted between 1486 and 1491. In 1570 it is mentioned in city archives that the paintings were hanging in the City Hall; possibly they were moved there in 1566 to protect them from the iconoclastic riots. Other paintings and objects are either part of the original interior, or too big to fit in the Frans Hals Museum.

• Wall tapestry of Haarlem crusade Damiaatjes legend.

• Same theme in stained glass.

• Painting of the legend of the Haarlem shield.

• Same theme in tapestry form.

• Plaque by Karel van Mander commemorating whalebone given to Haarlem by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten from Willem Barentsz expedition.

• The whalebone itself, hanging from the rafters.

• Painting of the giant Daniel Cajanus.

• Painting of Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer.

• One of the double portraits of the Counts of Holland, showing William II of Holland and Floris V, Count of Holland