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Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667)

1643
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 616
This portrait of the Rotterdam merchant Paulus Verschuur, with one arm akimbo and a voluminous cloak wrapped around his midsection, displays all the swagger that made Hals a sought-after and influential portraitist. The artist’s signature rough brushwork, visible for example in the lace and glove, fell out of fashion in his own lifetime, but eventually exerted a great influence on Impressionist artists of the nineteenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667)
  • Artist: Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)
  • Date: 1643
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 46 3/4 x 37 in. (118.7 x 94 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Archer M. Huntington, in memory of his father, Collis Potter Huntington, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.101.11
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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