Count Hendrik van den Bergh

The portrait of Count Hendrik van den Bergh was produced by Anthony van Dyck in 1628, executed in oil paint on canvas. Source records indicate the work entered the collection of the Museo del Prado, where it remains held. No further details regarding commission, intermediate ownership, or chain of custody prior to the museum's acquisition are documented in the available sources. dates the painting to 1628, while lists two inception points, 1627 and 1628, placing the creation of the work in the late 1620s during Van Dyck's mature Flemish period.

Created in 1628, this oil portrait by Anthony van Dyck presents the Dutch nobleman Hendrik van den Bergh clad in full armor. The figure stands before a dark backdrop, illuminated by a bright, cloud‑dotted sky that accentuates the metallic sheen of his breastplate and the red drapery on his arm. The composition is now part of the collection of the Museo del Prado.

In the early seventeenth century, Flemish artists often portrayed aristocratic patrons in martial attire to underscore their social rank. Van Dyck’s work aligns with this tradition, integrating the influence of Rubens’s dynamic compositions while anticipating the more refined portraiture he would later develop for the English court.