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Bartholomeus van der Helst

1613 - 1670

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Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613 – buried 16 December 1670) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bartholomeus van der Helst is the 662nd most popular painter (up from 665th in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 277th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bartholomeus van der Helst ranks 662 out of 2,023. Before him are Jozef Israëls, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Bernardo Daddi, Balthasar van der Ast, Franz von Bayros, and Pierre Soulages. After him are Jan Toorop, Leonid Pasternak, Jannis Kounellis, Cindy Sherman, Nicolas de Staël, and Jack Butler Yeats.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1613, Bartholomeus van der Helst ranks 12. Before him are Luisa de Guzmán, John George II, Elector of Saxony, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Mattia Preti, and Giovanni Pietro Bellori. After him are William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Gu Yanwu, Gaspard Dughet, Charles de Saint-Évremond, and Isaac de Benserade. Among people deceased in 1670, Bartholomeus van der Helst ranks 9. Before him are Frederick III of Denmark, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Johann Rudolf Glauber, Louis Le Vau, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, and Salomon van Ruysdael. After him are Giovanna Garzoni, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Niccolò Zucchi, Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, and Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Bartholomeus van der Helst ranks 274 out of 1,646. Before him are Pieter van Laer (1599), Sicco Mansholt (1908), Emanuel de Witte (1617), Jozef Israëls (1824), Balthasar van der Ast (1593), and William, Prince of Orange (1840). After him are Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), Isaac Beeckman (1588), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Joan Blaeu (1596), Wim Hof (1959), and Piet de Jong (1915).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Bartholomeus van der Helst ranks 60. Before him are Nicolaes Maes (1634), Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Pieter van Laer (1599), Emanuel de Witte (1617), Jozef Israëls (1824), and Balthasar van der Ast (1593). After him are Philips Wouwerman (1619), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), Otto van Veen (1556), Philip de Koninck (1619), Aert de Gelder (1645), and Esaias van de Velde (1587).

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