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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">militia pieces</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>visual works by subject type</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>civic guard group-portraits</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>militia piece</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pieces, militia</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Group portraits, usually paintings, representing members of the civil militia or civic guard. The genre was common in the Netherlands of the 16th and 17th century. ]]></note></mads>