Portrait of Feyntje van Steenkiste (1603/04-40)
Frans Hals
1635
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
121.9; 91.5; 9.5
About this artwork
Portret van Feyntje van Steenkiste, eerste echtgenote (1626) van Lucas de Clercq. Kniestuk, staande bij een stoel, met handschoenen in de handen gevouwen op de buik. Pendant van SK-C-556.
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...