Frans Hals
Eight rooms filled with sumptuous embroidery and fine-spun lace worn by sitters with laughing, gurning and awed faces: The Laughing Cavalier is but one of a cast of many
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Eight rooms filled with sumptuous embroidery and fine-spun lace worn by sitters with laughing, gurning and awed faces: The Laughing Cavalier is but one of a cast of many
Zachary Fine writes about the powerful art work of the Dutch artist Frans Hals, which is currently on view at the National Gallery in London.
He contributed to his own obscurity by portraying his sitters and characters with humor and smiles, rather than aloof nobility.
Often overshadowed by his contemporary Rembrandt, the 17th-century Haarlem artist is revealed to be a genius of the telling portrait in this first showcase of his work in 30 years