A Banquet
Artist: Dirck Hals (Dutch, 1591–1656)
Original Dimensions: 16" x 26"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1628) "Frans Hals's younger brother Dirck probably studied with him and perhaps with the Rotterdam genre painter Willem Buytewech (1591/92–1624), who worked in Haarlem about 1612–17. Like Buytewech, Dirck was a specialist in depicting small figures, often with close attention to fashionable costume details. His colorful and painterly technique owed a great deal to his more gifted older brother. The present painting is generally abraded by cleaning in the past; wood grain is visible throughout the thinned paint layers, especially in the lighter passages." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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