The Palette of Frans Hals Painting

by Paul Meijering

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Price

$2,500

Dimensions

120.000 x 90.000 x 1.000 cm.

Title

The Palette of Frans Hals Painting

Artist

Paul Meijering

Medium

Painting - Acrylic Painting On Panel

Description

Realistic acrylic portrait of the Dutch Golde Age Painter Frans Hals with 2 of his masterpieces; The Merry Drinker and Peeckelhaeringh, all painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering - the original painting is 90 x 120 cm and for sale

Frans Hals the Elder (1582 – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, normally of portraits, who lived and worked in Haarlem.

Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group portraiture. He is known for his loose painterly brushwork.

Peeckelhaeringh, or Pekelharing, refers to an old Dutch word for pickled herring. Today it is best known as a jester by the same name who was the subject of a painting by Frans Hals.

The Merry Drinker is a painting by Frans Hals, from 1628-1630.
The painting shows a man wearing a leather jerkin, lace collar and cuffs, and a floppy hat tipped at an angle. He is gesturing with his right hand and holding a glass of white wine in his left hand. He seems caught in a moment of discussion with the viewer. A medallion dangles from his neck chain, which Hofstede de Groot claimed was a likeness of Prince Maurice of Orange. Various experts have claimed the painting represents the sense of taste. In old Dutch inventories, the theme of a "merry drinker" or "jolly toper" occurs often, and this was probably not a portrait but meant as a genre piece.

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October 28th, 2020

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