Portrait Of Gerard Andriesz Bicker, By Bartholomeus Van Der Helst, C. 1647-70

Portrait of Gerard Andriesz Bicker, by Bartholomeus van der Helst, c. 1647-70, Dutch oil painting. Twenty-year-old Gerard Bicker was painted by van der Helst in the same year as his father Andries. Contrasting with the black clothing with an old-fashioned ruff, the obese young Gerard wears a colorful and showy outfit with a flat collar and elegant gloves.