Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, Other Title(s): Portrait of a Couple in a Landscape, probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa (1586-1643) and Beatrix van der Laen (1592-1639)Marriage Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz Massa (1586-1643) and Beatrix van der Laen (1592-1639), married in Haarlem on 25 April 1622. The fabulously wealthy Haarlem merchant and his wife commissioned their friend Frans Hals to paint their portrait in an unusual way. Seventeenth-century couples rarely appear together in a single painting, especially in such a nonchalant pose. Hals in
Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, Other Title(s): Portrait of a Couple in a Landscape, probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa (1586-1643) and Beatrix van der Laen (1592-1639)Marriage Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz Massa (1586-1643) and Beatrix van der Laen (1592-1639), married in Haarlem on 25 April 1622. The fabulously wealthy Haarlem merchant and his wife commissioned their friend Frans Hals to paint their portrait in an unusual way. Seventeenth-century couples rarely appear together in a single painting, especially in such a nonchalant pose. Hals included all kinds of symbols of love in the scene, such as the thistle on the left. A Dutch name for the plant was 'husband's fidelity'.
Size: 6936px × 5876px
Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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