Pieter Jacobsz. Olycan
Artist
Frans Hals
(Netherlandish, 1582/83 - 1666)
Datec. 1639
CultureDutch
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
ProvenanceCited in the inventory of Olycan's daughter, Geertruyd, widow of Jacob Benningh, Haarlem, November 11, 1666. By 16 December 1920, Major Frederick Bartholomew Joseph Stapleton-Bretherton (1873-1938), The Hall, Rainhill, Lancashire; (A. Reyre, London, 1926 for Julius Böhler); by 1927, John Ringling (1866-1936), Sarasota, Florida; bequest in 1936 to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN251
A resident of Haarlem, Hals was one of the finest portrait painters of the Dutch seventeenth century. He brought an unprecedented liveliness and dash to portraiture’s traditional format and poses. Powerful to his appeal was Hals’ ability to communicate a sense of well-being and high-spiritedness. Here we see Pieter Jacobsz Olycan (1572–1658), one of Haarlem’s leading citizens, a wealthy brewer and a political figure. The immediacy of the impression depends not only on his responsive facial expression, but also on the vigor of the brushstrokes, especially in the face.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 14, Wall East
Collections
Frame (New Travel frame): 52 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (133.4 x 108 x 6.7 cm)
