Frans Hals Iconography – Technique – Reputation

Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) is rightfully considered one of the most important seventeenth-century Dutch painters. His portraits are admired for their virtuoso brushwork and their seemingly spontaneous character. This volume, with fourteen contributions by twenty-six specialists on Hals’s paintings an...

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Main Authors:	Abraham, Liesbeth, Halm, Koos Levy-van, Biesboer, Pieter, Middelkoop, Norbert E, Kleinert, Katja, Hartwieg, Babette, Mahon, Dorothy, Centeno, Silvia, Groves, Roger, Anisimov, Andrei, Dik, Joris, Grimm, Claus, van Putten, Herman, te Marvelde, Mireille
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2024 Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Edition:	1
Series:	Frans Hals Studies
Subjects:	Conservation, restoration and care of artworks Dutch 17th century Haarlem old masters Paintings and painting Paintings and painting in oils portraiture The Arts The Arts: art forms The arts: general topics ART Europe 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699 South Care & Restoration Early Modern Studies ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES History History, Art History, and Archaeology AUP Wetenschappelijk Dutch and The Netherlands Western Conservation, restoration and care of artworks Netherlands Art and Material Cultures portraiture, painting, Dutch 17th century, Haarlem, old masters Paintings and painting in oils European history Baroque & Rococo haarlem painting old masters dutch 17th century portraiture
ISBN:	9789048566068, 9048566061, 1041179715, 9781041179719
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Table of Contents:

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Frans Hals: A Survey of Current Research -- Iconography -- 1: The Religion(s) of Frans Hals -- 2: Peeckelhaering and the Performance of Race -- 3: Painted Stitches: Embroidery and the Paintings of Frans Hals -- 4: More than Decoration: The Map in Frans Hals's Regents of St Elisabeth's Hospital -- 5: Willem or Balthasar? The Portrait of a Member of the Coymans Family by Frans Hals Reconsidered -- 6: Frans Hals's Portraits of Painters: A Reconnaissance -- Technique -- 7: A Box Full of Research: Early Twentieth-Century Documentation on the Scientific Investigation and Restoration of the Eight Group Portraits by Frans Hals -- 8: The New York Malle Babbe: Original, Studio Work, or Forgery? -- 9: Looking at Frans Hals in the Digital Age: The Benefits of Detailed Comparisons -- 10: Lost Lines: New Light on the Painting Technique of Frans Hals -- 11: Unfinished Business? Comparing Hals's Late Regents and Regentesses -- Reputation -- 12: From a Parisian Dining Room to a German Private Museum: Frans Hals in the Collections of Count André Mniszech and Marcus Kappel -- 13: 'Because You Simply Cannot Argue About Art With a Chemist': Scientific Research on Frans Hals's Paintings in the Netherlands During the 1920s -- 14: Frans Hals Connoisseurs and Exhibitions: From Thoré to Today -- Bibliography -- Index on Persons' Names -- Index on Locations and Organizations