Catalogue
- Year
- 1628
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 16 x 26 in. (40.6 x 66 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Dirck Hals
Artist
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Dirck Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter specializing in interior genre scenes populated by elegantly dressed figures engaged in leisurely pursuits, music, and conversation. Active in Haarlem during the seventeenth century, he developed a refined technique for rendering light across domestic spaces and textile surfaces. His small-scale panel paintings established a template for the Dutch interior genre that influenced numerous contemporaries.
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1601 · varnishing on oil paint (paint), paper
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- Dirck Hals
- Year
- 1628
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 16 x 26 in. (40.6 x 66 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1628-T008654
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified