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HALS, Frans: Mulatto (so-called)

🖼 Mulatto (so-called), 1628-30
Oil on canvas (original support)
72 × 57.5 cm
Leipzig, Germany

Golden light catches the sitter's direct gaze in this portrait, rendered with Hals's characteristic loose brushwork and warm ochres. The painting challenges 17th-century racial categories, documenting identity with unprecedented dignity and psychological presence during the Dutch Golden Age.

Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Jaap van der Veen
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