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HALS, Frans: Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Glove

🖼 Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Glove, c. 1650
Oil on canvas
80 × 67 cm
St. Petersburg, Russia

Caught mid-gesture, a young man holds a single glove while meeting our gaze with confident directness, rendered in Hals' loose, spontaneous brushwork against a dark background. This portrait exemplifies Dutch Golden Age psychology—capturing personality and fleeting moment rather than formal status.

Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Jaap van der Veen
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