Portrait of Joannes Vollenhove, Clergyman and Poet in The Hague

About this artwork

Portret van Joannes Vollenhove (1631-1708). Predikant en dichter te Den Haag. Buste in ovaal, naar links. Op de achtergrond gebouwen van het Binnenhof. 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...