Category:Abraham del Court and his wife Maria de Kaersgieter, by Bartholomeus van der Helst

**Abraham del Court and His Wife Maria de Kaersgieter**
	painting by Bartholomeus van der Helst
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Instance of	painting;
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	group portrait;
Location	Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Schielandshuis, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Creator	Bartholomeus van der Helst;
Collection	Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (1866–);
Inventory number	1296 (OK) (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen);
Inception	1654;
Width	146.5 cm;
Height	172 cm;
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Artist



Alternative names	Bartel van der Elst, Bartelmeus van der Elst, Bartholomeus van der Elst, Bartel van der Helst, Bartelmeus van der Helst, Bartel Verelst, Bartelmeus Verelst, Bartholomeus Verelst, Bartel Verhelst, Bartelmeus Verhelst, Bartholomeus Verhelst
Description	Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	1613	16 December 1670 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Haarlem	Amsterdam
Work period	1628–1670 (?)
Work location	Haarlem, Amsterdam (1636-1670)
Authority file	: Q380704 VIAF: 5995918 ISNI: 0000000066340412 ULAN: 500115795 LCCN: no00030128 WGA: h/helst DBNL: hels010 GND: 128868929 SUDOC: 161735231 BNF: 149609182 BPN: 27680368 BNE: XX1727460 KulturNav: 12766fe8-00bd-4562-af8c-5b8e348d8983 RKD: 37307 Koninklijke: 100707467 WorldCat

Title

Portrait of Abraham del Court and his wife Maria de Keerssegieter.

Object type

Genre

Date

1654

Medium

Dimensions

146.5 cm (57.6 in)

Collection

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

	Native name	Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
	Location	Museumpark 18, Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Coordinates	51° 54′ 51″ N, 4° 28′ 23″ E
	Established	1841
	Website	boijmans.nl
	Authority file	: Q679527 VIAF: 158031734 ISNI: 0000000404600425 ULAN: 500308264 LCCN: n81056593 NLA: 35464893 WorldCat

Current location

room 13

Accession number

1296 (OK)

Object history

1654: commissioned by Abraham del Court (1623-....), Amsterdam (?)

after 1663: inherited by Jacob del Court (1632-1707)

by 1866 (?): Aelbrecht Arent del Court van Krimpen, Haarlem
1866: purchased by H. van Beuningen, Rotterdam, for NLG 10,000

1995: acquired by the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Exhibition history

Portretten van echt en trouw, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, 15 February 1986–13 April 1986.

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom left:

B. vander helst fec. / 1654

References

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection online, as Abraham del Court and his wife Maria de Kaersgieter.
RKDimages, Art-work number 244, as Double portrait of Abraham del Court (1623-..) and his wife Maria de Kaersgieter (..-1660

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