Sunday, March 15, 2026

Frans Hals
(1582 - 1666)

Frans Hals the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worship but citizens liked to decorate their homes with works of art. Hals was highly sought after by wealthy burgher commissioners of individual, married-couple, family, and institutional-group portraits. He also painted tronies for the general market.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Hals


Stephanus Geraerdts, Alderman in Haarlem
1650 - 1652
Oil on canvas
114.5 × 86.5 cm 
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/stephanus-geraerdts-alderman-in-haarlem

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