{"product_id":"frans-hals-the-male-portrait-9781781301104","title":"Frans Hals: The Male Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first book to concentrate on Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals's highly innovative approach to male portraiture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrans Hals is one of the greatest portrait painters of all time and, together with Rembrandt, is one of the most eminent seventeenth-century Dutch artists. Published to coincide with the Wallace Collection's exhibition of the same name, \u003ci\u003eFrans \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHals: The Male Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e explores the artist's highly innovative approach to male portraiture, from the beginning of his career in the 1610s until the end of his life in 1666. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough pose, expression and virtuosic painterly technique, Hals revolutionised the male portrait into something entirely new and fresh, capturing and revealing his sitters' characters like no one else before him. This book includes the first in-depth study of Hals's great masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Laughing \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCavalier\u003c\/i\u003e, from 1624. The extravagantly dressed young man, confidently posed with his left arm akimbo in the extreme foreground of the picture and seemingly penetrating into the viewer's space, has been charming audiences for over a century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichly illustrated, \u003ci\u003eFrans Hals: The Male Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e situates \u003ci\u003eThe Laughing Cavalier\u003c\/i\u003e within the artist's larger \u003ci\u003eoeuvre\u003c\/i\u003e and demonstrates how, at a relatively early point in his career, Hals was able to achieve this great masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11072405\"\u003eLelia Packer\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10737934\"\u003eAshok Roy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Wilson Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 8.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781301104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781301107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART006020\"\u003eCollections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | Permanent\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART016000\"\u003eIndividual Artists | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART050040\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Portraits\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLelia Packer \u003c\/b\u003eis Curator of Dutch, Italian, Spanish, German and Pre-1600 Paintings at the Wallace Collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshok Roy\u003c\/b\u003e is former Director of Science and Collections at the National Gallery, London.","brand":"Philip Wilson Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51145198633247,"sku":"9781781301104","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_198b54fd-91be-4687-8d08-62f2ac080037.jpg?v=1755710947","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/frans-hals-the-male-portrait-9781781301104","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}