Bartholomeus van der Helst, Dutch
17th Century Dutch Rando Playing Quidditch, ca. 1660
Oil on panel
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Info, or links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here (archived if necessary), here, here, here, here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated Dutch Wikipedia page has more).
/// The Vice Admiral posed with his truncheon.
From the look on his face I’ve a hunch in
a minute (or less)
he’s so hangry he’ll mess
up the painter who postponed his luncheon.
/// In truth, Egbert was never that nice.
The blood in his veins– cold as ice.
If his day got too dull
he would bash in a skull.
That’s how he rose to Admiral of Vice.