Portraits

Vincent Mentzel has shot countless portraits. Among others of Queen Beatrix and Crown Prince Willem Alexander. But what makes a good portrait?

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Father and Son
Forever framed together
Portrait of Don Ramón Satué
1:18 min. - Discover the power of simplicity in this work
Portraits of Giuliano and Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo
1:18 min. - A Florentine architect and his recently deceased father
Van Gogh's Self-Portrait
Maaike Rikhof about Van Gogh's famous Self-Portrait
Portrait of Gerard Andriesz Bicker
1:02 min. - Striking pink tones and fashionable clothes
Thérèse Schwartze self-portrait
Self-portrait full of self-confidence
A self-portrait with flowers and electric light
Self-portrait Van Gogh
1:15 min. - Van Gogh painted this colourful self-portrait in Paris
Self-portraits
4:39 min. - They all seem to be saying ‘This is me!
Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange
1:18 min. - Father of the Dutch nation. Fighter or diplomat?
Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter
1:15 min. - His eyes are closed. Why?
10 fascinating facts about portraits
What stories do these subjects tell?
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Maria Trip
1:15 min. Rembrandt rendered her costly jewellery masterfully
Portrait of a Member of the Van der Mersch Family
1:12 min. - Learn more about this engaging portrait of an art lover
An African boy
Valika Smeulders on the painting by Van der Helst
Portrait of Cornelis van Oostsanen
1:16 min. - Does his gaze put us on the wrong track?
The art of laughing
Say cheese!
Immortal men
5:15 min. - See them glowing with pride
Men in the picture
4:57 min. - The men of the Rijksmuseum
Girl in Blue
1:17 min. - So what makes this such a popular painting?
The girl in blue
Friso Lammertse tells us more about the portrait by Verspronck
From generation to generation
The function of children's portraits
Immortal women
4:57 - See them glowing with pride
Women in the picture
4:39 min. - The women of the Rijksmuseum
Portrait of a couple, probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen
1:21 min. - What is there to smile about here?
Pray for me
The hope of eternal life
Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert
1:14 min. - Portrait of a devout man
Portrait of William I
1:17 min. - King of the Netherlands