Post on 25-Jan-2017
Michiel Kersten
Frans Hals Museum: an introduction to painting in the Dutch Golden Age
Frans Hals and his contemporaries
Michiel Kersten
EconomicsHaarlem: an industrial and market town Cityrights granted in 1245• Beer brewing (1620 – 100 breweries)• Linnen, wool, damask, silk industry• Linnen bleaching• Tulips and flower bulbs• Shipbuilding• Regional market
Jacob Matham
(1571-1631), The Three Lilies Brewery, and
the Country House Velserend of Johan van Loo, 1627, pen on paneel, Haarlem
, Frans Hals Museum
Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682), View of Haarlem
, circa 1670, oil on canvas, M
ontreal, Museum
of Fine Arts
Demographics• 14th century second largest city in the Northern Netherlands after
Dordrecht. Larger than Delft, Amsterdam, Rotterdam• 1574 – 18,000 inhabitants• 1620 – 40,000 inhabitants• 1st quarter 17th century - 50% of the population was of Flemish origin• 4th quarter 17th century – 55,000 inhabitants• Around 1815 – 20,000 inhabitants• 2015 – 155.000 inhabitants
Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde (1630-1698), The market
square in Haarlem w
ith the St. Bavo Church, 1696, oil on canvas, Haarlem
, Frans Hals Museum
Art in the 16th century
• Portraits• Group portraits for Instutions, Guilds and Militias• Religious paintings
Maerten van Heem
skerck (1498-1574), St. Luke Painting the Viging and Child, 1532, oil on canvas, Haarlem
, Frans Hals M
useum
Cornelis Cornelisz van Haerlem (1562-1656), The M
assacre of the Innocents, 1590, oil on canvas, Haarlem
, Frans Hals M
useum
Cornelis Cornelisz van Haerlem (1562-1656), The M
arriage Banquet of Peleus and Thetis (The Judgem
ent of Pris, 1590, oil on canvas, Haarlem
, Frans Hals Museum
New consumers, new art• Haarlem cradle of Dutch art in the 17th century (Golden Age)
• Enormous production of paintings in de 17the century• New customers (burghers) - new genres in painting
• Landscape• Still life• Genre (scenes of daily life)• Portrait
Gilis van Coninxloo (1544-1606), Wooded Landscape w
ith Christ Healing the Lam
e Man, oil on panel, N
ew York,
Sotheby’s, 2015
Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682), View of the Dunes near
Haarlem vith Rabbit Hunt , circa 1650, oil on canvas,
private collection
Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682), View of the Plain of
Haarlem w
ith Bleaching Grounds , 1660s, oil on canvas, private collection
Joachim de Beuckelaer (1533-1575), Christ and the Supper
at Emm
aus, 1560-65, oil on panel, The Hague, Mauritshuis
Floris van Dijck (circa 1575-1651), Still life with Fruit, N
uts and Chees, circa 1613, oil on panel, Haarlem
, Frans Hals M
useum
Willem
Claesz Heda (1594-1680), Still life with Pastry and
Silverware, circa 16356, oil on panel, Haarlem
, Frans Hals M
useum
Pieter Breughel the Younger (1564-1638), A Village Fair (Village festival in Honour of Saint Hubert and Saint Anthony), oil on panel, Auckland, Auckland Art Gallery
Dirck Hals (1591-1656 ), Music M
aking Company on a
Terrrace, 1620-25, oil on panel, Haarlem, Frans Hals
Museum
Frans Hals – facts
• Born 1582/83 in Antwerp – died 1666 in Haarlem• 1586 Family moves to Haarlem (baptism of his brother Dirck)• 1610 Member of the Guild of St. Luke• 1610 Married to Anneke Harmensdochter • 1616 Travels to Antwerpen to study Peter Paul Rubens’ work• 1617 Married to Lysbeth Reyniersdr at Spaarndam (daugther born a few days later)• Total 15 children
Number of paintings by Hals: circa 220 (Seymour Slive); Circa 145 (Claus Grimm)
Pupils:Dirck Hals; Adriaen Brouwer; Adriaen van Ostade; Philips Wouwerman; Pieter Gerritsz Roestraeten, Jan Miense Molenaer, Judith Leyster
Frans Hals, The Offi
cers of the Civic Guard of St. George, 1616, oil on canvas, Haarlem
, Frans Hals Museum
Frans Hals, The Offi
cers of the Civic Guard of St. Adrian, circa 1627, oil on canvas, Haarlem
, Frans Hals Museum
Frans Hals, The Offi
cers of the Civic Guard of St. George, circa 1627, oil on canvas, Haarlem
, Frans Hals Museum