- Artist
- Frans Hals
- Year
- 1643
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46 3/4 x 37 in. (118.7 x 94 cm)
Public Domain
Metropolitan Museum of Art
A dignified merchant stands against a plain ground, one hand raised, painted with Frans Hals’s rapid, confident brushwork. The portrait captures the sitter’s status and personality with the directness that made Hals the most celebrated portraitist of his generation.