# Portrait of a Man [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HALS, Frans]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 83 x 70 cm ## Commentary This painting of an unidentified 26-yer-old man was cut down at all sides. The composition is closely related to that of several paintings by Hals from the 1630s also showing a man in three-quarter length, the right arm akimbo, a cloak hanging over the projecting left arm. This pose carries the suggestion of dignity combined with a somewhat flamboyant air. Hals also used this successful composition during the 1640s, and it was also one of the standard poses of Hals fellow townsman Jan Verspronck. The painting is dated at the upper right part as "AETAT SVAE 28 / AN 1634". ## Related artworks - [A Young Man in a Large Hat]() - [Andries van der Horn]() - [Anetta Hanemans]() - [Anna van der Aar]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard Company]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard \(detail\)]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St Hadrian Civic Guard Company]() - [Boy holding a Flute \(Hearing\)]() - [Boy Playing a Violin]() - [Boy with a Lute]() - [Buffoon Playing a Lute]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()