Frans Hals: Family Portraits

Synopsis

Frans Hals (1582/83--1666) Is One Of The Foremost Portrait Painters Of The Dutch Golden Age, But He Only Painted Four Family Groups Portraits. This Publication Unites These Family Portraits--including One That Is Now In Sections--along With Related Works By The Artist And His Contemporaries And Examines The Topic Of Hals's Family Portraiture As A Whole, Placing It In The Context Of His Complete Oeuvre--back Cover. Director's Foreword -- Curators' Acknowledgments -- Frans Hals: The Family Group Portraits / Lawrence W. Nichols -- A New Reconstruction Of Frans Hals's Earliest Family Portrait / Liesbeth De Belie -- The Identification Of A Family In A Group Portrait By Frans Hals: New Documents / Pieter Biesboer -- Checklist Of The Exhibition -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photo Credits. Curators, Lawrence W. Nichols And Liesbeth De Belie. The Toledo Museum Of Art, Toledo (ohio), The Royal Museums Of Fine Arts Of Belgium, Brussels. Catalog Of An Exhibition Held At The Toledo Museum Of Art, October 13, 2018 - January 6, 2019 And At The Royal Museums Of Fine Arts Of Belgium, Brussels, February 2 - April 28, 2019. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 100-105) And Index.