L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e  ~  D o s t o ï e v s k i



Showing posts with label Frans Hals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frans Hals. Show all posts

Friday, March 19, 2021

Wedded and Dutch - a selection of portraits of seventeenth century Netherlandish married couples

 
Double portrait of an unknown couple, by Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1661. 
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Joseph Coymans and Dorothea Berck, by Frans Hals, 1644.
Note that he's wearing the left of a pair of gloves...
... and she the right.
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Marriage portraits of Henrick Hooft and Aegje Hasselaer, by Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1640.
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Double portrait of a married couple, by Pieter Codde, 1634.
I love the detail of the discreetly held hands.
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Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, by Rembrandt, 1634. 
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Marriage portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, by Frans Hals, circa 1622.
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Unknown couple, Amsterdam School, 1612.
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These portraits of an unknown couple, painted as pendants by Rembrandt in 1633 have, sadly, been separated since 1793.
"Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan", which resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
"Portrait of a Man Rising from His Chair", which is in the collection of the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Abraham del Court and Maria de Kaersgieter, by Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1654.