De luitspeler
Frans Hals
ca. 1623 - ca. 1624
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
67; 60
About this artwork
De nar. Lachende jongen met bonte kleding die op een luit speelt. Oude kopie naar het origineel in het Louvre te Parijs.
About the Artist
Frans Hals · 1582–1666
Dutch portrait artist whose unique style of loose brushstrokes was labeled 'unfinished' by some at the time, but whose work is now regarded as equally important to Rembrandt's. Hals painted 'wet on wet'; that coupled with his brushwork and his powerful illumination of his subjects' head and face, his portraits seem more animated than others. Although the reception to his work was often mixed, Hals...