Christopher Tombs Antiques Ltd has dated this Dutch Golden Age Portrait to the 17th Century.
Framed in a black Dutch style frame suitable to the period.
CIRCLE OF BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DER HELST (HAARLEM 1613 – 1670 AMSTERDAM)
Portrait of a man and woman on a terrace with a formal garden and landscape beyond.
c.1650 - 60
Oil on canvas
187 x 135 cm
This portrait of a man and woman, presumably husband and wife, is typical of compositions
by Bartholomeus van der Helst, one of the most successful portrait painters in Amsterdam
between the date of his earliest known portrait The Regents of the Walloon Orphanage in
Amsterdam 1637 (Institut francais de Pays-Bas) and his death in 1670. Van der Helst was a
direct contemporary of Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669), but his portraiture was more
popular with aristocratic clients, who were unsure of Rembrandt’s broad technique and dark,
brooding tonality and preferred Van der Helst’s meticulous treatment of rich costume and
accessories, and the general air of good humour and ease in his portraits.
Comparisons with the costume in works such as Van der Helst’s Portrait of Sophia Trip, wife
of Balthasar Coymans, signed and dated 1645, Sotheby’s London, 7th December 1988, lot
102, (fig. 1), supports the dating of our portrait to around 1650.
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Chris
Christopher Tombs Antiques Ltd has dated this Dutch Golden Age Portrait to the 17th Century.
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Powerful Dutch Double Portrait in Style of Bartholomeus Van Der Helst - Oil on Canvas
