Portrait of Johannes Bakhuysen (1683-1731), with a miniature portrait of his father Ludolf

Ludolf Bakhuizen was the greatest Dutch marine painter of the generation following the Van de Veldes, and his Portrait of Johannes Bakhuysen (1683–1731) with a miniature of his father Ludolf, from 1703, is an intimate family document. The younger Bakhuizen (note the different spelling adopted by the son) holds or displays a portrait miniature of his famous father, creating a double portrait across generations that celebrates both family continuity and the father's artistic legacy. Ludolf was already elderly by 1703 (born 1630) and died in 1708, making this a late paternal commemoration.

The portrait follows Dutch conventions of the period — a direct gaze, plain but dignified dress, and a neutral background — with the miniature of Ludolf as the sole compositional elaboration. The painting is likely executed with the same direct, observational clarity Bakhuizen brought to his marine subjects.