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HALS, Frans: Portrait of a Man

🖼 Portrait of a Man, 1555-60
Oil on canvas
104 × 84.5 cm
Copenhagen, Denmark

Loose brushwork and warm ochre tones capture a man's direct gaze and subtle smile. Hals's spontaneous technique revolutionized portraiture, abandoning rigid formality for intimate psychological presence.

Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Jaap van der Veen
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