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Portrait of a man in black cloak and gold sash pointing at a stormy sky, with a youth holding a globe and a sea battle in the distance.

Aert van Nes (1626-93), Lieutenant-Admiral

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cloak with a gold sash and white lace collar, pointing toward a stormy sky while holding a baton. Beside him stands a youth with a globe, and at right a sea battle with smoke rises over the water beside a table with a scroll and model ship.

Artist
Bartholomeus van der Helst
Date
1668
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3560 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1668.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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