Self-Portrait

1670s?

Dirk Helmbreker

Associated Names
Dirk Helmbreker

Artist, Dutch, 1633 - 1696

The image displays a person in an upper body view. The person has their head tilted down, resting their cheek on their right hand. They have distinct facial features, deep-set eyes, and long hair flowing under a hood. The person is wearing a coat with visible button details on the sleeves. One arm is extended forward, resting on a surface with the other arm. The background is textured and shaded to give depth to the artwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.7 x 20.3 cm (12 1/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1982.38.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (sale, Amsterdam, 3 March 1800, Album B, no. 49: "Het portrait van T. Helmbreeker, uitvoerig met rood Kryt geteekend, door hem selven"); sold to Goll for 20 florins. Johan Goll van Franckenstein [1750-1821], Amsterdam (sale, Amsterdam, 1 July 1833, no. 50); to Samuel Woodburn; Sunderland Collection; Duke of Marlborough; John Postle Heseltine [1843-1929] (Lugt 1507), London; Henry Oppenheimer [1859-1932] (his sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1936, lot 251), London; private collection (sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 19 April 1982, lot 346); (David Tunick, New York); purchased by NGA, 1982.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1911

  • Exhibition of Old Masters in aid of the National Art Collections Fund, London, Grafton Galleries, 1911, no. 119.

1929

  • Exhibition of Dutch Art, London, Royal Academy, 1929, no. 695.

1983

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., May 1983.

2000

  • "The Glory of the Golden Age" ("De Glorie van de Gouden Eeuw"), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2000, no. 86, pp. 112-114, 148.

Bibliography

1913

  • Hoogewerff, Dr. G.I. "Theodor Helmbreker," Oud Holland. 1913: 51, 63, no, 1.

1920

  • Original Drawings by Old Masters of the Dutch School in the Collection of J.P.H. 1920: no. 10.

1957

  • Bernt, Walther. Die Niederländischen Zeichner des 17 Jahrhunderts. 2 vols. Munich, 1957: no. 286.

1958

  • Trautscholdt, Eduard. review of Bernt in Kunstchronik, 12 (December 1958): 369.

1989

  • Meisterzeichnungen 1500-1900. Exh. cat. Thomas Le Claire Kunsthandel, 1989: 60, under no. 28.

2016

  • Sale catalogue, Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 2016, under no. 123.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left on mount in red chalk: Hilmbreeck.

Wikidata ID

Q64541041

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