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Article: Haarlem genre painting: Dennis P. Weller visits an exhibition focussing on the artistry of Frans Hals and his contemporaries.
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- March 1, 2004
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In many respects, 'Satire and Jest: Genre Painting during the Age of Frans Hals' falls short of the expectations one associates with the promise of pictures by Frans Hals, Judith Leyster, Jan Steen, and others. While the Frans Halsmuseum and the Hamburger Kunsthalle, organisers of the exhibition, gathered some important loans--four by Frans Hals (only two shown in Haarlem), four Willem Buytewechs, and examples by Leyster, Jan Miense Molenaer, and Steen--many lesser pictures too often intrude, particularly those by Dirck Hals, Adriaen van Ostade, Isack van Ostade, others in poor condition (nos. 32, 36), and a few questionable attributions (nos. 12, 23, 30). The exhibition ...
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... ... of the period's portraiture comprises more than 60 pieces but focuses much of its attention on the work of Rembrandt and Frans Hals. Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp is the star of the show. National Gallery, London WC2, Wed to 16 ...
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