A Dutch Burgomaster, after Bartholomeus van der Helst

A Dutch Burgomaster, after Bartholomeus van der Helst

Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jacquemart made this print after the painting (71.73) by Van der Helst as part of a portfolio of prints celebrating the founding collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The sitter appears at a slightly tilted angle in the etching when compared with the painting today, which suggests the work was framed differently when the etcher made his copy.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Dutch Burgomaster, after Bartholomeus van der HelstA Dutch Burgomaster, after Bartholomeus van der HelstA Dutch Burgomaster, after Bartholomeus van der HelstA Dutch Burgomaster, after Bartholomeus van der HelstA Dutch Burgomaster, after Bartholomeus van der Helst

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.