Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael
1637
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 209cm × w 429cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Het korporaalschap van kapitein Reijnier Reael en luitenant Cornelis Michielsz Blaeuw, Amsterdam, 1637, bekend als 'De magere compagnie'. Schuttersstuk met twee zittende en verder alleen staande mannen. Sommigen met een vaandel, hellebaard en lans.
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...