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Portrait of a Man in Black holding a Glove

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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The young man in this portrait leans on a stone ornament, confident and at his ease. Dressed fashionably in black, with large amounts of expensive lace on show, he has a falling collar – a relatively new trend in Holland – and a multitude of tiny buttons down the front of his coat. The black satin gleams, and the coat sleeve is slashed to display the fine silk and lace cuff of his shirt.

Bartholomeus van der Helst was considered one of the leading portrait painters in Amsterdam, becoming very successful and, after a while, overtaking Rembrandt in popularity. As Rembrandt’s style became looser – and rougher and more unfinished in the eyes of the time – van der Helst developed a much smoother, perhaps more classical, way of painting, with brushstrokes less visible.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Portrait of a Man in Black holding a Glove

Date

1641

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 113.5 x W 80.2 cm

Accession number

NG4691

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by Sir Edward Stern, 1933; entered the Collection 1946

Work type

Painting

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