The Musician
Catalogue
- Year
- 1662
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54 1/2 x 43 3/4 in. (138.4 x 111.1 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist
Painting
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.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1662
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54 1/2 x 43 3/4 in. (138.4 x 111.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1662-T008670
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified