Bartholomeus van der Helst The Regents of the Kloveniersdoelen Eating a Meal of Oysters Painting ID:: 1627 Bartholomeus van der Helst1.jpg
The Regents of the Kloveniersdoelen Eating a Meal of Oysters 1655
Amsterdam History Museum
Bartholomeus van der Helst Self-Portrait Painting ID:: 26850 new2/Bartholomeus van der Helst-334264.jpg
Self-Portrait mk52
1662
Oil on canvas
132.5x112cm
Kunsthalle,Hamburg
Bartholomeus van der Helst Family Portrait Painting ID:: 29330 new3/Bartholomeus van der Helst-626557.jpg
Family Portrait mk65
1652
Oil on canvas
74x89"
Bartholomeus van der Helst Portrait of a Girl in Pale Blue with an Ostrich Feather Fan Painting ID:: 43156 new16/Bartholomeus van der Helst-837332.jpg
Portrait of a Girl in Pale Blue with an Ostrich Feather Fan mk170
1645
Oil on canvas
75.4x65.3cm
Bartholomeus van der Helst Celebration zun peace of Munster in the general quarters of the St. Jorisdoele Painting ID:: 45701 new17/Bartholomeus van der Helst-694874.jpg
Celebration zun peace of Munster in the general quarters of the St. Jorisdoele mk186
1648 Amsterdams,
Rijksmuseum
Bartholomeus van der Helst Governors of the archers' civic guard, Amsterdam Painting ID:: 66090 new22/Bartholomeus van der Helst-664287.jpg
Governors of the archers' civic guard, Amsterdam Oil on canvas on panel
49.1 x 68.1 cm (19.33 x 26.81 in)
1653
Bartholomeus van der Helst Nude drawing back the curtain Painting ID:: 68690 new23/Bartholomeus van der Helst-367338.jpg
Nude drawing back the curtain Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 123.5 X 96 cm
Bartholomeus van der Helst Lady in Black Painting ID:: 71627 new23/Bartholomeus van der Helst-357343.jpg
Lady in Black Date ca. 1640
Dimensions 97 x 82 cm (38.19 x 32.28 in)
Bartholomeus van der Helst Portrat eines Patrizierpaares Painting ID:: 72593 new24/Bartholomeus van der Helst-656654.jpg
Portrat eines Patrizierpaares 1661(1661)
Oil on canvas
186 X 149 cm
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Bartholomeus van der Helst Portrat eines Patrizierpaares Painting ID:: 74348 new24/Bartholomeus van der Helst-873658.jpg
Portrat eines Patrizierpaares Date 1661(1661)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 186 X 149 cm
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Bartholomeus van der Helst Portrait of a Family Painting ID:: 77439 new24/Bartholomeus van der Helst-466363.jpg
Portrait of a Family Date 1647(1647)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Bartholomeus van der Helst Four aldermen of the Kloveniersdoelen in Amsterdam Painting ID:: 78250 new24/Bartholomeus van der Helst-467593.jpg
Four aldermen of the Kloveniersdoelen in Amsterdam Date 1655
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 171 x 283 cm (67.3 x 111.4 in)
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Bartholomeus van der Helst Anna du Pire as Granida Painting ID:: 79878 new24/Bartholomeus van der Helst-575566.jpg
Anna du Pire as Granida 1660(1660)
Oil on canvas
Height: 70 cm (27.6 in). Width: 58.5 cm (23 in).
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Bartholomeus van der Helst Carpentier and Child Painting ID:: 79960 new24/Bartholomeus van der Helst-356798.jpg
Carpentier and Child 1652(1652)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 188 cm (74 in). Width: 227 cm (89.4 in).
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Bartholomeus van der Helst Portrait of Paulus Potter Painting ID:: 83119 new24/Bartholomeus van der Helst-475854.jpg
Portrait of Paulus Potter 1654
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 99 x 80 cm (39 x 31.5 in)
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Bartholomeus van der Helst Portrait of a woman Painting ID:: 85295 new25/Bartholomeus van der Helst-249665.jpg
Portrait of a woman Date 1649(1649)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Bartholomeus van der Helst Abraham del Court and his wife Maria de Keerssegieter Painting ID:: 92826 new25/Bartholomeus van der Helst-954994.jpg
Abraham del Court and his wife Maria de Keerssegieter 1654
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 172 X 146 cm (67.7 X 57.5 in)
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Bartholomeus van der Helst Andries Bicker (1586-1652). Trader with Russia and burgomaster of Amsterdam Painting ID:: 93117 new25/Bartholomeus van der Helst-554865.jpg
Andries Bicker (1586-1652). Trader with Russia and burgomaster of Amsterdam 1642
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 93.5 X 70.5 cm (36.8 X 27.8 in)
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Bartholomeus van der Helst Portrait of a Gentleman Painting ID:: 98097 new26/Bartholomeus van der Helst-339875.jpg
Portrait of a Gentleman 1653(1653)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 111.2 x 95.1 cm
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1613-1670
Dutch
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Dutch painter. He was the son of a Haarlem inn-keeper and presumably undertook part or all of his training in Amsterdam. His earliest works suggest that the painter Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy was his master. Although van der Helst had probably already established himself as an independent master by the time he married Anna du Pire in Amsterdam in 1636, his earliest known work, a portrait of The Regents of the Walloon Orphanage, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Maison Descartes), dates from 1637. Stylistically it is close to the work of Pickenoy. His portrait of a Protestant Minister of 1638 (Rotterdam, Boymans-van Beuningen) reveals the influence of Rembrandt. The young artist must have risen rapidly to fame in Amsterdam, for as early as 1639 he received the prestigious commission for a large painting for the Kloveniersdoelen (Arquebusiers or Musketeers Hall): The Civic Guard Company of Capt. Roelof Bicker and Lt Jan Michielsz. Blaeuw (Amsterdam, Rijksmus.), which formed part of the same series as Rembrandt Night Watch (Amsterdam, Rijksmus.). Van der Helst may not have completed this commission until 1642 or 1643. The ingenious arrangement of the figures in a broad composition shows the artist special talent for composing large groups. Pickenoy influence is less noticeable here than in the portrait of 1637; the self-assured poses of the individual figures were to become a characteristic feature of van der Helst work. The successful execution of this portrait established van der Helst reputation: from 1642, when he began to receive an increasing number of commissions for individual portraits, until 1670 he was the leading portrait painter of the ruling class in Amsterdam. From 1642 his technique in portrait painting gradually became more fluent and the rendering of costume materials more detailed. Some typical portraits of his earlier period are those of Andries Bicker (Amsterdam, Rijksmus.), his wife Catharina Gansneb Tengnagel (Dresden, Gemeldegal. Alte Meister) and their son Gerard Bicker (Amsterdam, Rijksmus.), all of 1642, and the Portrait of a Young Girl (1645; London, N.G.). In 1648 van der Helst painted a second civic guard portrait, The Celebration of the Peace of M?nster at the Crossbowmen Headquarters, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Rijksmus.), a superbly composed and well painted portrait that, until the late 19th century, was considered one of the masterpieces of the Golden Age but later lost popularity because of its smooth and modish execution. It can nevertheless still be regarded as one of the most important group portraits of the 17th century. Its technical perfection, characterized by a well-modelled rendering of the figures and a smooth handling of the brush, dominated the rest of van der Helst oeuvre.