# Gypsy Girl

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HALS, Frans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on wood, 58 x 52 cm

## Commentary

With this portrait of a jovial gipsy wench, Hals continues in the Caravaggesque tradition of popular subjects which was imported from Rome by Terbrugghen and Honthorst. However, it is the exuberance of the light and colourful brushstrokes of his technique which conveys the sensation of spontaneity and life in this painting. The actual handling of the paint has now become a means of expression in itself.

## Related artworks

- [A Young Man in a Large Hat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/a-young-man-in-a-large-hat-ra915e45929c8d8>)
- [Andries van der Horn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/andries-van-der-horn-r51e52c7057c1a8>)
- [Anetta Hanemans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/anetta-hanemans-rb954a6cd85c10b>)
- [Anna van der Aar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/anna-van-der-aar-r89a0ca6330b269>)
- [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard Company](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/banquet-of-the-officers-of-the-st-george-civic-guard-company-rfa51a8a588530d>)
- [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/banquet-of-the-officers-of-the-st-george-civic-guard-detail-r19aaec246163c6>)
- [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/banquet-of-the-officers-of-the-st-george-civic-guard-rbd55b896ad9f70>)
- [Banquet of the Officers of the St Hadrian Civic Guard Company](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/banquet-of-the-officers-of-the-st-hadrian-civic-guard-company-rf868fbab150355>)
- [Boy holding a Flute \(Hearing\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/boy-holding-a-flute-hearing-rc068bbc855fc0f>)
- [Boy Playing a Violin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/boy-playing-a-violin-rfe3e1c5bacd5a5>)
- [Boy with a Lute](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/boy-with-a-lute-ra1e72bdd154fe0>)
- [Buffoon Playing a Lute](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hals-frans-r70576a8b6d10d2/buffoon-playing-a-lute-r533f92c43fd390>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)