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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bartholomeus van der Helst has received more than 126,105 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Bartholomeus van der Helst is the 665th most popular painter (down from 598th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 233rd in 2019) and the 61st most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bartholomeus van der Helst ranks 665 out of 2,023. Before him are Nikolai Ge, Alonso Sánchez Coello, François-Édouard Picot, Nicolas Lancret, Marietta Robusti, and Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato. After him are Francesco Solimena, Dong Qichang, Pierre Auguste Cot, Frans Hogenberg, Ignacio Zuloaga, and Juan Carreño de Miranda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1613, Bartholomeus van der Helst ranks 10. Before him are Claude Perrault, John George II, Elector of Saxony, Mattia Preti, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, and Jean François Paul de Gondi. After him are Khushal Khattak, Luisa de Guzmán, Gaspard Dughet, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Gu Yanwu, and Charles de Saint-Évremond. Among people deceased in 1670, Bartholomeus van der Helst ranks 9. Before him are Henrietta of England, Johann Rudolf Glauber, Louis Le Vau, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 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 277 out of 1,646. Before him are Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Erik ten Hag (1970), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), and Joop den Uyl (1919). After him are Geert Groote (1340), Jan de Bont (1943), Philippa of Guelders (1464), Pieter van Laer (1599), Frank de Boer (1970), and Erwin Koeman (1961).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Bartholomeus van der Helst ranks 61. Before him are Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460), Willem Kalf (1619), Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), Jozef Israëls (1824), Otto van Veen (1556), and Nicolaes Maes (1634). After him are Pieter van Laer (1599), Arnold Houbraken (1660), Jan Mandijn (1500), Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1622), Jan van der Heyden (1637), and Marinus van Reymerswaele (1490).

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