Regents group portrait

Jan de Bray, The regents of the Leproos-, Pest- en Dolhuis in Haarlem, 1667

A regents group portrait (regentenstuk or regentessenstuk in Dutch, literally "regents' piece"), is a group portrait of the board of trustees, called regents or regentesses, of a charitable organization or guild. This type of group portrait was popular in Dutch Golden Age painting during the 17th century, and in the 18th century. They were intended to be hung in the regentenkamer, the regents' meeting room,[1] or another prominent location in the institution.