Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout (born about 1600, died 1650)

Frans Hals

ca. 1636–38 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

This brilliantly painted portrait can be dated on the basis of the stylish costume. Duyst van Voorhout was a Haarlem brewer, one of the most lucrative professions of the period. He had forty-seven pictures at the time of his death, but none of the portraits—as was common in estate inventories—is assigned an artist's name.

Artist

Frans Hals

Date

ca. 1636–38

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

The Jules Bache Collection, 1949