Portret van een jongeman met de hand vooruitgestoken

About this artwork

hoogte 181 mm x breedte 138 mm

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...