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HALS, Frans: Portrait of a Woman

🖼 Portrait of a Woman, c. 1611
Oil on panel
94.2 × 71.1 cm
Chatsworth, United Kingdom

Loose brushwork captures a woman's direct gaze and subtle smile, her dark dress contrasting with luminous skin rendered in warm tones. Hals pioneered this spontaneous technique, departing from stiff formality to reveal personality and immediacy that revolutionized Dutch portraiture.

Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Jaap van der Veen
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