Dutch painter (b. 1580, Antwerpen, d. 1666, Haarlem). Related Paintings of HALS, Frans :. | Claes Duyst van Voorhout s | Portrait of a Man in a Slouch Hat sf | Isabella Coymans | Regentesses of the Old Men's Almshouse (detail) sg | Regentesses of the Old Men's Almshouse (detail) | Related Artists:
John brett,a.r.a1830-1902
Jacques de Stella1596-1657
French
Jacques de Stella Gallery
Giuseppe Maria Crespi1665-1747
Italian
Giuseppe Maria Crespi Locations
1747). Painter, draughtsman and printmaker. His religious and mythological works are distinguished by a free brushstroke and a painterly manner. He also painted spirited genre scenes, which by their quality, content and quantity distinguish him as one of the first Italian painters of high standing to devote serious attention to the depiction of contemporary life. Such paintings as Woman Laundering (1700-05; St Petersburg, Hermitage) or Woman Washing Dishes (1720-25; Florence, Uffizi) offer straightforward glimpses of domestic chores in images that are startlingly novel for the period and look forward to the art of Jean-Simeon Chardin, Jean-Francois Millet and Honore Daumier