16 August 2017

Bartholomeus van der Helst. Portrait of the Artist’s Wife Anna du Pire as Granida (‘Podobizna umělcovy ženy Anny du Pire v roli Granidy’), 1660 (Národní galerie v Praze, Prague - Sternberg Palace).


Oil on canvas: 70 x 58.5 cm. Van der Helst pictured his wife in pastoral costume. Viewers would have recognised this character from the play 'Granida' (1615) by Pieter Cornelis Hooft: a princess lost during the hunt who receives water from an adoring shepherd.

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More > Bartholomeus van der Helst at Wikipedia.