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Description: | The sitter in this portrait of a young man in the costume of the 1650s was once thought to be the Earl of Portsmouth. However, the first Earl of Portsmouth was not created until 1743, thus making the identity of the sitter a mystery. It was painted by a member of the circle of Bartholomeus van der Helst, one of the leading portraitists in the Netherlands, who was renowned for his supremely confident and fluid execution. | Subjects: | portrait; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Helst, Bartholomeus van der (Dutch painter, 1613-1670) Æ Attributed to circle of Previously attributed to Helst, G. van (Netherlandish artist, active 17th-18th centuries) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9181... | Go to resource |
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