Rickard Helsenberg

Rickard Helsenberg (c.1480-1544) was a Brunanter painter of the Renaissance era. He is mostly known for his Burgundian Bride of 1506.

Helsenberg's life is shrouded in mystery but there area few facts on him. He was born in Grijzestad around 1480, during the great Grijzerstad Fire. Helsenberg traveled around Central and Western Europe in the late 1510s, painting his subjects. The rest of his early and later works were painted in Brunant.

Helsenberg made over 40 portraits in a time of 20 years. His Burgundian Bride, by far his best known work, was sold for only Th. 100, and he sold the Portrait of a French Duke (1518) for Th. 250. Helsenberg's works are now worth in the hundreds of thousands, or even the millions (the Burgundian Bride is valued at 3.5 millions)