03703cam a2200457 i 4500 22322334 BJBSDDR 20240529141538.0 ta 211124s2022 iluacf b 001 0beng 2021057670 9780226698366 (harcover) ICU/DLC spa rda DLC DLC eng pcc e-ne--- ND 653 N137p 2022 759.9492 B 23/eng/20220112 Nadler, Steven M., 1958- author 35862 The portraitist : Frans Hals and his world / Steven Nadler. Frans Hals and his world Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2022. 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-345) and index. Exile -- Haarlem -- Master painter -- Citizen Hals -- In a rough manner -- "Very boldly done after life" -- Debts and disputes -- Pandemics -- "A pleasing, good and sincere peace" -- Denouement. "In the seventeenth century some of the most advanced painting in Europe was produced in the Netherlands. Rembrandt dominated the radical progress of painting in Amsterdam, and Vermeer did so in Delft. Frans Hals led the vanguard in Haarlem where he painted some of the most animated, individualized portraits of the era, or of any era, for that matter. Now, Steven Nadler has produced the first biography of this elusive Dutch artist to be published in many years. Hals left behind no letters or other personal papers, though luckily a wealth of other sources offer details of his life and personality. Nadler has fleshed out Hals's biography by casting it against the drama of Holland's revolution against Spanish rule, the acute struggles between Protestantism and Catholicism in the Low Countries, and the rise of Holland as a colonial power and center of industry and commerce. The result is an authoritative picture of Hals and life in his studio and a robust work of seventeenth-century social and cultural history. Nadler serves up the sights, smells, and sounds of life in Haarlem. He takes us into cloth factories, taverns, busy studios, and bustling markets. He takes us behind the scenes of the picture trade. He leads us along the newly invented shorelines where weavers laid out large, billowing lengths of cloth to bleach in the sun. He takes us into new Protestant churches and into old Catholic ones. We witness the bloody politics of the long Reformation and the 1635 plague that devastated the Dutch Republic. What emerges is a deftly written story of a complex artist and the tumultuous world he inhabited. Accented with images of life in seventeenth-century Holland and a color gallery of works by Hals and his peers, The Portraitist is a work of great charm and importance and will stand as the first full biography of one of Europe's most important artists for many years"-- Provided by publisher. Painters Netherlands Biography. Pintores Países Bajos Biografía 32891 Portrait painters Netherlands Biography. Netherlands History 17th century. Haarlem (Netherlands) History 17th century. Países bajos Historia Siglo XVII 36328 7 cip orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc 0 BK rmza 121285 121285 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2024-05-13 0 ND 653 N137p 2022 00000178534 2024-05-13 00:00:00 1 2024-05-13 BK