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The men in the painting are textile inspectors, except for the man in the back who is not wearing a hat. These are the people who evaluate the quality of the cloth that the weavers sell to the guilds. They examined the quality, the type of wool, etc., using traditionally accepted methods.There were four grades of quality. The highest quality was branded with four and the lowest quality with only one.They commissioned Rembrandt to paint their portraits, and this picture was painted. The leftmost man in the painting is the man on the left. It has long been a matter of debate as to whether the man on the far left is standing or sitting. Certainly, the hand on the armrest of the chair looks as if it belongs to the man next to the right, and the top of the chair is written in a blurred manner, making it impossible to say that he is sitting.
Rembrandt knew that this painting would be hung high on the wall, so he made it look as if we were looking up at the jurors from below. Almost everyone is looking at us, and it feels as if they are looking down at us, as if they are trying to sort through the textiles. Or maybe the judging is already over and we are in the process of being informed of the results.
