Every Day a Painting for September 4, 2026

Portrait of a Gentleman (1650–1652)

Frans Hals

Oil on Canvas. Dutch, Baroque.

Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century

Frans Hals was the preeminent portrait painter in Haarlem, the most important artistic center of Holland in the early part of the seventeenth century. He was famous for his uncanny ability to portray…

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