Portrait of a Man, 1647, Oil on wood, Oval, 26 1/4 x 21 5/8 in. (66.7 x 54.9 cm), Paintings, Bartholomeus van der Helst (Dutch, Haarlem, born ca. 1612–15, died 1670 Amsterdam), In 1872 Henry James described this picture as 'the perfect prose of portraiture' . . . in van der Helst's 'unmitigated verity you detect no faintest throb of invention blossoming into style and straggling across the line which separates a fine likeness from a fine portrait
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Portrait, Man, 1647, Oil, wood, Oval, 26 1/4 x 21 5/8, 66.7 54.9 cm, Paintings, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Dutch, Haarlem, born ca., 1612–15, died, 1670, Amsterdam, 1872, Henry, James, described, picture, perfect prose, portraiture, van der, Helst, unmitigated verity, you, detect, no, faintest, throb, invention blossoming, style, straggling across, line, separates, fine likeness, portrait
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