Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen
Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen | |
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Artist | Frans Hals |
Year | c. 1622 |
Catalogue | Seymour Slive, Catalog 1974: #17 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 140 cm × 166.5 cm (55 in × 65.6 in) |
Location | Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Accession | SK-A-133 |
Website | rijksmuseum |
Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen is a painting by the
Painting
The painting shows a happy couple sitting against a tree "picnic-style", with a garden scene in the distance. They smile at the viewer and look more relaxed than amorous.
Name
In his 1910 catalog of Frans Hals works Hofstede de Groot wrote:
427. A MARRIED COUPLE. B. 15; M. 90. In a garden a gentleman sits in the left foreground smiling at the spectator. His right hand is at his breast; his left hand is pressed to his side. He has a moustache and a small pointed beard. He wears a broad-brimmed black felt hat, a black silk costume with a lace collar and fine linen wristbands. Beside him to the right sits a woman, bending slightly forward, with her head turned three-quarters left. She smiles rather slyly at the spectator. Her right hand rests on the man's left shoulder; her left hand is in her lap. She wears a black dress under a dark-purple gown, a ruff, a white cap threaded with a pink ribbon, and lace-trimmed wristbands. Behind the couple are trees. To the right is a park with merry-making couples, a building, a fountain, and a statue. It was wrongly supposed to represent Frans Hals and his wife. Canvas, 58 inches by 67 1/2 inches. Sales. J. Six, Amsterdam, April 6, 1702 (bought in). H. Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, November 25, 1851, No. 15. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1084.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Hofstede de Groot on A Married Couple; catalog number 427
External links
Media related to Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen (Frans Hals - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam) at Wikimedia Commons