Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667) 1643 Frans Hals Dutch This portrait of the Rotterdam merchant Paulus Verschuur, with one arm akimbo and a voluminous cloak wrapped around his midsection, displays all the swagger that made Hals a sought-after and influential portraitist. The artist’s signature rough brushwork, visible for example in the lace and glove, fell out of fashion in his own lifetime, but eventually exerted a great influence on Impressionist artists of the nineteenth Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667). Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem). 1643. Oil on canvas. Paintings

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