Frans Hals

Beschrijving

Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) is one of the three most important contributors to seventeenth-century Dutch painting. His portraits are admired for their virtuoso brushwork and their seemingly spontaneous character. Yet his reputation still lags behind those of Rembrandt and Vermeer. The same goes for scholarship on Frans Hals. With contributions by twenty-six specialists presenting new perspectives on Frans Hals’s paintings and artistic network, this volume aims to bridge this gap.


Subjects include the artist's clientele, from clergymen and fellow painters to governors of charitable institutions; the stylistic and technical aspects of individual paintings; Hals’s masterly depictions of cloth and embroidery; and how advanced digital technologies contribute to the study of Frans Hals. A final section is dedicated to the rediscovery of Frans Hals in the second half of the nineteenth century, the ensuing debate among connoisseurs about the artist’s oeuvre, and the significance of his work for audiences today—and in the future. Frans Hals: Iconography – Technique – Reputation is the first volume in the Frans Hals Studies series and it is richly illustrated with close to two hundred colour illustrations.

ISBN: 9789048566068