Parution : Norbert Middelkoop et Rudi Ekkart (dir.), “Frans Hals. Iconography – Technique – Reputation”, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2024
Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) is rightfully considered one of the most important seventeenth-century Dutch painters. His portraits are admired for their virtuoso brushwork and their seemingly spontaneous character. This volume, with fourteen contributions by twenty-six specialists on Hals’s paintings and his artistic network in Haarlem and beyond, presents a rich palette of new research. The authors introduce subjects such as the artist’s clientele – from clergymen and fellow painters to governors of charitable institutions – as...