Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660), 1626, Oil on wood, 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582

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Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660), 1626, Oil on wood, 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem), Scriverius was a distinguished historian, poet, and scholar of classical literature. His wife, Anna van der Aar, was the daughter of a Leiden city councilman. In this pair of portraits Hals employs the scale, oval format, and illusionistic framing device that for several decades had been common in Dutch portrait prints

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Size: 3937px × 5459px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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