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Look at the hand planted on his hip and the gloves held in the other, then follow the bold, visible brushstrokes through the collar and cuffs.
Tieleman Roosterman, a very rich Haarlem merchant in linen and silk, was 36 when Hals painted him in 1634, as the inscription at upper right records. His black suit is sober but costly, with braided sleeves, ribbon rosettes and lace cuffs. The Cleveland Museum of Art notes that he may have ordered it, with a portrait of his wife, to mark their 1631 wedding.
oil on canvas · Framed: 139 x 109 x 5.5 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Dutch Golden Age
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- Museum title
- Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman
- Artist
- Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581–1666)
- Date
- 1634
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 139 x 109 x 5.5 cm (54 3/4 x 42 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 117 x 87 cm (46 1/16 x 34 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.