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قراءة كتاب Franz Hals
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FRANZ HALS
In the Same Series
| Artist. | Author. |
|---|---|
| VELAZQUEZ. | S. L. Bensusan. |
| REYNOLDS. | S. L. Bensusan. |
| TURNER. | C. Lewis Hind. |
| ROMNEY. | C. Lewis Hind. |
| GREUZE. | Alys Eyre Macklin. |
| BOTTICELLI. | Henry B. Binns. |
| ROSSETTI. | Lucien Pissarro. |
| BELLINI. | George Hay. |
| FRA ANGELICO. | James Mason. |
| REMBRANDT. | Josef Israels. |
| LEIGHTON. | A. Lys Baldry. |
| RAPHAEL. | Paul G. Konody. |
| HOLMAN HUNT. | Mary E. Coleridge. |
| TITIAN. | S. L. Bensusan. |
| MILLAIS. | A. Lys Baldry. |
| CARLO DOLCI. | George Hay. |
| GAINSBOROUGH. | Max Rothschild. |
| TINTORETTO. | S. L. Bensusan. |
| LUINI. | James Mason. |
| FRANZ HALS. | Edgcumbe Staley. |
| In Preparation | |
| VAN DYCK. | Percy M. Turner. |
| WHISTLER. | T. Martin Wood. |
| LEONARDO DA VINCI. | M. W. Brockwell. |
| RUBENS. | S. L. Bensusan. |
| BURNE-JONES. | A. Lys Baldry. |
| J. F. MILLET. | Percy M. Turner. |
| CHARDIN. | Paul G. Konody. |
| FRAGONARD. | C. Haldane MacFall. |
| HOLBEIN. | S. L. Bensusan. |
| BOUCHER. | C. Haldane MacFall. |
| VIGÉE LE BRUN. | C. Haldane MacFall. |
| WATTEAU. | C. Lewis Hind. |
| MURILLO. | S. L. Bensusan. |
| And Others. | |
PLATE I.—THE LAUGHING CAVALIER. Frontispiece
(Wallace Collection, London)
Painted in 1624. Hals called it "Portrait of an Officer," and why, and how, it gained its present title, no one knows. On the back of the canvas we read—"Aeta Suæ 26 Ao. 1624." The "officer" is not laughing; he is merely showing good conceit of himself in particular, and disdain of the world in general! It is a rare study in expression, now a scowl, now a leer, alternating as one looks upon the handsome young face. Whilst the details of the costume are as rich as may be, the colours are few and beautifully blended, a tour de force in technical skill. The picture was purchased by its original owner, Mijnheer M. Meuwlehuys of Haarlem, for £80; at the Pourtalës sale, in 1865, Sir Richard Wallace gave £2040 for it.
Franz Hals
BY EDGCUMBE STALEY
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT
REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.
FOREWORD
"Franz Hals was a great painter; for truth of character, indeed, he was the greatest painter that ever existed.... He made no beauties, his portraits are of people such as we meet every day in the streets.... He possessed one great advantage over many other men—his mechanical power was such that he was able to hit off a portrait on the instant. He was able to shoot the bird flying—so to speak—with all its freshness about it, which even Titian does not seem to have done.... If I had wanted an exact likeness I should have preferred Franz Hals." So said James Northcote, the Royal Academician, talking with his friend James Ward, upon Art and artists, in the little back parlour of his humble dwelling, 39 Argyll Street, long ago absorbed in the premises of a great drapery establishment.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Plate | ||
| I. | The Laughing Cavalier Wallace Collection, London |
Frontispiece Page |
| II. | Old Hille Bobbe Royal Museum, Berlin |
14 |
| III. | The Merry Trio In America (a copy by Dirk Hals, Royal Museum, Berlin) |
24 |
| IV. | Franz Hals and his Wife Rijks Museum, Amsterdam |
34 |
| V. | The Officers of the Shooting Guild of St Adriaen Town Hall, Haarlem |
40 |
| VI. | The Jolly Mandolinist (Der Naar) Collection of Baron G. Rothschild, Paris (a copy by Dirk Halls in Rijks Museum, Amsterdam) |
50 |
| VII. | The Market Girl (La Bohémienne) Louvre Gallery, Paris |
60 |
| VIII. | ||