# Portrait of a Gentleman [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HELST, Bartholomeus van der]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 112 x 96 cm ## Commentary The painting shows an unidentified gentleman before a balustrade with a distant view of Haarlem beyond. Its pendant of the same size portrays a lady, presumably his wife. The background in both paintings is the work of another artist, probably one of Jacob van Ruisdael's followers. ## Related artworks - [Abraham del Court and Maria de Keersegieter]() - [Anna du Pire as Granida]() - [Celebration of the Peace of Münster, 1648, at the Crossbowmen's Headquarters \(detail\)]() - [Celebration of the Peace of Münster, 1648, at the Crossbowmen's Headquarters]() - [Pieter Lucaszn van de Venne with Anna de Carpentier and Child]() - [Portrait of a Family]() - [Portrait of a Lady]() - [Portrait of a Lady]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of Gideon de Wildt]() - [Regents of the Walloon Orphanage]() - [Self-portrait]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()