Admire Bartholomeus van der Helst’s 1647 'Portrait of a Man,' a masterful Baroque Dutch Golden Age piece. Explore its classical style, rich detail & quiet authority – a timeless work of art.
Descubre a Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613-1670), retratista holandés del Siglo de Oro, famoso por sus elegantes representaciones de la élite de Ámsterdam. ¡Explora su arte!
In 1872 Henry James described this picture as "the perfect prose of portraiture" . . . in van der Helst"s "unmitigated verity you detect no faintest throb of invention blossoming into style and straggling across the line which separates a fine likeness from a fine portrait." The American aesthete"s backhanded praise passes over such considerations as the placement of the figure within the picture field and the sitter"s expression, both of which contribute to an impression of quiet authority.
