Young Man and Woman in an Inn
Frans Hals
1623 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings
Painted with the characteristically bold brushwork that Hals had learned from Flemish painting, this picture provides a gleefully nonjudgmental depiction of a young couple carousing in the doorway of an inn or brothel. Flushed cheeks and open-mouthed grins indicate that the pair has broken with contemporary rules of comportment. Yet even the humble interior in which they find themselves boasts a landscape painting above the mantelpiece.
- Artist
- Frans Hals
- Date
- 1623
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- European Paintings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
