- Artist
- Frans Hals
- Year
- c. 1637
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 81.5 × 68 cm
Frans Hals captures Duijfje van Gerwen with his signature loose, vigorous brushwork — a direct gaze and a hint of a smile emerging from the fluid paint. The portrait exemplifies the Dutch Golden Age tradition of capturing personality through spontaneous, life-like execution rather than photographic precision.