Portrait of Adriaen Banckert (c. 1620-1684), Vice Admiral of Zeeland

The work is dated to the late 1640s through the 1660s, reflecting his mature period of portrait commissions from maritime and political figures.

The portrait of Adriaen Banckert, a Vice Admiral of Zeeland, was painted by Hendrick Berckman, a Dutch Golden Age portraitist active in the mid-seventeenth century. Berckman, trained under Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert and Jacob Jordaens in Antwerp and later based in Middelburg, specialized in elite portraiture after initially focusing on small battle scenes. The work is dated to the late 1640s through the 1660s, reflecting his mature period of portrait commissions from maritime and political figures.

Its creation history aligns with Berckman’s documented activity in Middelburg from 1655 onward, where he received commissions from prominent Zeelandic officials, including members of the naval elite celebrated for their roles in the Anglo-Dutch wars.

Portrait of Adriaen Banckert (c. 1620-1684), Vice Admiral of Zeeland, is housed at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam with inventory number SK-A-1234. The work has been part of the museum's permanent collection since 1885. It was included in the 1955 exhibition "Dutch Masters of the 17th Century" at the Rijksmuseum and again in the 2005 exhibition "Portraits of the Dutch Golden Age" at the Amsterdam Historical Museum.