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Bartholomeus van der Helst

Bartholomeus van der Helst

1613–1670
WA-00021889
Painting
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
11
Works in Collection
33
Assets Indexed
5
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source
  • Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
  • NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
  • LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%

Source Registry (1)

  • Wikidata
    Tier 1 · Institutional40%
About

Why this artist matters now

Bartholomeus van der Helst was a Dutch painter. Considered to be one of the leading portrait painters of the Dutch Golden Age, his elegant portraits gained him the patronage of Amsterdam's elite as well as the Stadtholder's circle. Besides portraits, van der Helst painted a few genre pictures as well as some biblical scenes and mythological subjects.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 2mo ago

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Related Artists
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Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (11)

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Artwork sources (2)

11 published of 11 catalogued · 9 with image
  • Rijksmuseum
    7 published7 img
  • The Met
    4 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources
  • Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange, as Widow of William II
    1652 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • The Company of Captain Roelof Bicker and Lieutenant Jan Michielsz Blaeuw in front of the De Haan Brewery at the Corner of the Geldersekade and the Boomsloot (called the Lastage)
    1640 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Aert van Nes (1626-1693), Vice Admiral
    1668 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Portrait of Andries Bicker
    1642 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Gerard Andriesz Bicker (1622-66), Lord of Engelenburg. High Bailiff of Muiden
    1642 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Jacobus Trip (1627-70), Armaments Dealer of Amsterdam and Dordrecht
    1647 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Banquet at the Crossbowmen’s Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster
    1648 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images

22 assets
Bartholomeus van der Helst (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
Egbert Meeuwsz Cortenaer (1605-65), Vice Admiral, Admiralty of the Maas, Rotterdam (c. 1660)
Rijksmuseum
Egbert Meeuwsz Cortenaer (1605-65), Vice Admiral, Admiralty of the Maas, Rotterdam (c. 1660)
Rijksmuseum
Aert van Nes (1626-1693), Vice Admiral (1668)
Rijksmuseum
Aert van Nes (1626-1693), Vice Admiral (1668)
Rijksmuseum
The Company of Captain Roelof Bicker and Lieutenant Jan Michielsz Blaeuw in front of the De Haan Brewery at the Corner of the Geldersekade and the Boomsloot (called the Lastage) (ca. 1640 - ca. 1643)
Rijksmuseum
The Company of Captain Roelof Bicker and Lieutenant Jan Michielsz Blaeuw in front of the De Haan Brewery at the Corner of the Geldersekade and the Boomsloot (called the Lastage) (ca. 1640 - ca. 1643)
Rijksmuseum
Portrait of Andries Bicker (1642)
Rijksmuseum
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Relationships

2
Collections2
RijksmuseumThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Representation & Collections

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Rijksmuseum
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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