A Banquet
Frans Hals's younger brother Dirck probably studied with him and perhaps with the Rotterdam genre painter Willem Buytewech (1591/92–1624), who worked in Haarlem about 1612–17. Like Buytewech, Dirck was a specialist in depicting small figures, often with close attention to fashionable costume details. His colorful and painterly technique owed a great deal to his more gifted older brother. The present painting is generally abraded by cleaning in the past; wood grain is visible throughout the thinned paint layers, especially in the lighter passages.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Banquet
- Artist: Dirck Hals (Dutch, Haarlem 1591–1656 Haarlem)
- Date: 1628
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 16 x 26 in. (40.6 x 66 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Purchase, 1871
- Object Number: 71.108
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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