Portrait of Balthasar Bekker
Arnoud van Halen
1700 - 1732
Medium
tin plate
Dimensions
11; 9.5
About this artwork
Portret van Balthasar Bekker (1634-98). Predikant en letterkundige te Amsterdam. Buste in ovaal, naar rechts. Op de achtergrond een voorstelling van vliegende duivels. Onderdeel van een verzameling portretten van Nederlandse dichters.
About the Artist
Arnoud van Halen · 1673–1732
Arnoud van Halen (1673–1732) was an 18th-century Dutch painter, printmaker, poet, and collector from Amsterdam whose multifaceted cultural activities exemplified the accomplished gentleman-artist of the Dutch Golden Age's twilight years. Born in Amsterdam in 1673 to painter Arnoldus van Haelen (1644–1698) and Geertruid Nobelingh (1643–c. 1676), van Halen grew up in an artistic household and develo...