BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DER HELST (HAARLEM C. 1613-1670 AMSTERDAM)
BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DER HELST (HAARLEM C. 1613-1670 AMSTERDAM)
BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DER HELST (HAARLEM C. 1613-1670 AMSTERDAM)
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BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DER HELST (HAARLEM C. 1613-1670 AMSTERDAM)

Portrait of David Rijckaert (1614-1680), bust-length, wearing a hat

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BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DER HELST (HAARLEM C. 1613-1670 AMSTERDAM)
Portrait of David Rijckaert (1614-1680), bust-length, wearing a hat
signed and dated 'B.vnder.helst / 1643' (upper right)
oil on panel
29 7⁄8 x 24 3⁄8 in. (76 x 62 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by the sitter David Rijckaert (1614-1680), Amsterdam, and by inheritance in all likelihood to his niece,
Sara Bailli-Rijckaert (1638-1715), Amsterdam, and by descent to her daughter,
Cornelia Roëll-Bailli (1666-1737), Utrecht, and by descent to her son,
Willem Roëll (1700-1775), Amsterdam, and by inheritance to his wife,
Elisabeth de Famars (1715-1790), and by descent to their son,
Nicolaas Willem Roëll (1736-1796), Lord of Drakenburg, and by inheritance to his wife,
Anna Sophia Frederica van Gheel van Spanbroek (1745-1801), and by descent to their son,
Willem Frederik baron Roëll (1767-1835), Amsterdam, and by descent to his son,
Willem baron Roëll (1793-1841), Lord of Hazerswoude, and by inheritance to,
Dowager Cornelia Catharina Hodshon (1794-1871), Amsterdam, and by descent to their son,
Willem Frederik baron Roëll (1821-1896), Lord of Hazerswoude, and by inheritance to,
Dowager Anna Cornelia barones Collot d’Escury (1837-1929), The Hague, and by descent to their son,
Willem Cornelis baron Roëll (1861-1937), Lord of Hazerswoude, and by inheritance to,
Dowager Maria Cornelia Johanna Bierens de Haan (1866-1941), Utrecht, and by descent to their daughter,
Jonkvrouw Anna Cornelia De Geer van Jutphaas-Roëll (1889-1970), Lady of Hazerswoude, Huize De Horte, Dalfsen, and by descent to her daughter,
Jonkvrouw Maria Wilhelmina Louise de Geer (1919-1988), Hilversum, and by descent.
Literature
E.W. Moes, Iconographia Batava: Beredeneerde lijst van geschilderde en gebeeldhouwde portretten van Noord-Nederlanders in vorige eeuwen, II, Amsterdam, 1905, p. 305, no. 6671.
J.J. de Gelder, Bartholomeus van der Helst: Een studie van zijn werk, zijn levensgeschiedenis, een beschrijvende catalogus van zijn oeuvre, een register en 41 afbeeldingen naar schilderijen, Rotterdam, 1921, p. 187, no. 248, with the date erroneously catalogued as '1645'.
J. Foucart and O. H. Oursel, Trésors des musées du Nord de France I: Peinture Hollandaise, exhibition catalogue, Lille, 1972, p. 62, under no. 32.
J. van Gent, Bartholomeus van der Helst (ca. 1613-1670): Een studie naar zijn leven en werk, Zwolle, 2011, pp. 41, 55, 165, no. 12, illustrated.
Exhibited
The Hague, Tentoonstelling van schilderijen van oude meesters in de zalen van het Gothische paleis in het Noordeinde te 's-Gravenhage, 1881, no. 157, with the date erroneously catalogued as '1645'.
Brussels, Exposition néerlandaise de beaux-arts organisée au bénéfice de la société néerlandaise de bienfaisance à Bruxelles, 1882, no. 96.
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Tentoonstelling van oude kunst uit particulier bezit in stad en provincie, 2 July-15 September 1938, no. 120.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Drie eeuwen portret in Nederland 1500-1800, 29 June-5 October 1952 ('buiten catalogus', according to van Gent, op. cit.).

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