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Anna van der Aar (born 1576/77, died after 1626)

1626
Not on view
Scriverius was a distinguished historian, poet, and scholar of classical literature. His wife, Anna van der Aar, was the daughter of a Leiden city councilman. In this pair of portraits Hals employs the scale, oval format, and illusionistic framing device that for several decades had been common in Dutch portrait prints. The male portrait alone was engraved in 1626, by Jan van de Velde II; impressions would have been sent to scholarly colleagues throughout Europe. The panels were retained as family keepsakes, in which Hals achieved the same vivid effects that he usually described on a much larger scale.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Anna van der Aar (born 1576/77, died after 1626)
  • Artist: Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)
  • Date: 1626
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (22.2 x 16.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.100.9
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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