Sujet

Portrait of Hendrik Swalmius, 1639. Creator: Frans Hals.

Légende

Portrait of Hendrik Swalmius, 1639. A bearded male figure wearing a fitted black jacket and matching skullcap turns alertly toward the viewer. The black of the clothing is far from uniform: a warm, plush shade of black evokes embroidered velvet, while a colder, bluer black stands in for shimmering satin. Against these dark tonalities, the small book in the sitter’s right hand stands out in sharp relief. This is likely a Bible or a prayer book, as a contemporary engraving of the picture identifies the subject as Hendrik Swalmius, a preacher in Haarlem who was ordained in 1600.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A53_303

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,0Mo (5,3Mo) / 32,2cm x 42,0cm / 3807 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe portrait people black male man men hat cap historical religious arts painting country religion hats white art book guy continent clothes beard Holland Netherlands Dutch European headdress color scene Christian Christianity dress depiction location century material textiles gallery collar moustache coat fabric image jacket cloth Bible clothing literature bearded textile concept APPAREL looking at camera waist up mustache facial hair satin headgear preaching ruff 17th century velvet clergy art gallery head-dress prayer book cleric clergyman skull cap Theology oil Painting Colour Skullcap preacher Half Length Half-Length golden age culture history historic seventeenth century TGN theologian direct gaze white colour Frans Hals oil on panel 1630s Hals Frans Dutch Golden Age Frans Hals I Frans Hals the Elder art centre black colour oak panel on panel Detroit Institute of Arts 1639 neck ruff Hendrik churchman Heritage Art oil on oak panel Swalmius Low Countries clothing & dress fashion & clothing Hals Frans I European Painting Hendrik Swalmius