Bartholomeus van der Helst belongs to the record of art as a figure whose work outlasted the taste that first received it.
The record lists Bartholomeus van der Helst as painter from the Northern Netherlands (1613–1670).
Bartholomeus van der Helst was born at Haarlem in 1613. His recorded nationality is Netherlands.
Patronage, the guild system and a new open art market shaped what could be painted and for whom.
He worked as painter and visual artist.
His recorded movement is dutch golden age painting.
Among his best-known works are Portrait of Paulus Potter, Portrait of Aert van Nes (1626-93), Vice admiral and Portrait of Geertruida den Dubbelde (1647-84), wife of Aert van Nes. Art history is a record of what got kept, which is not the same as what was best.
That the work was made in Netherlands shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Bartholomeus van der Helst died in 1670, aged 57. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Portrait of Paulus Potter
- Notable work: Portrait of Aert van Nes (1626-93), Vice admiral
- Notable work: Portrait of Geertruida den Dubbelde (1647-84), wife of Aert van Nes
- Notable work: Portrait of Gerard Andriesz Bicker, son of Andries Bicker and lord of Muiden
- Movement: Dutch Golden Age painting
