In the 11th episode of 'Frans Hals Paintings—The Podcast’, I discuss Frans Hals' portrait of Catherina Burgman, which is in a private collection. The painting has long been attributed to Hals by scholars, since the late-1800s. Slive numbered the work number 94, in his 1974 catalogue. It is the pendant to Hals’ portrait of Tieleman Roosterman, numbered 93 in the same catalogue. Hardly ever on public view; it was last exhibited in the 1920s, in London. The painting exemplifies Hals' mastery in capturing the textures of fabrics and the subtleties of facial expressions, as well as his ability to convey the status and personality of his sitters, through detailed and realistic portraiture.

Learn more about pearl in seventeenth-century Dutch paintings in Eddy de Jongh's 1975-1976 article 'Pearls of Virtue and Pearls of Vice', originally published in Simiolus.

Learn about the history of the 'why not both' meme.

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In the tenth episode of 'Frans Hals Paintings—The Podcast’, I discuss the painting titled 'Singing Girl' and 'Boy Playing a Violin', both of which are in a private American collection. They are well documented in the last century by scholars, critics, and connoisseurs; Wilhelm von Bode and Seymour Slive considered them to be by Hals, and so did Valentiner. Slive numbered them 54 and 53, respectively, in his 1974 Hals catalogue raisonné. Grimm, as of 2024, does not consider them to be by Hals. These genre works, whose original purpose remains unknown, show two children merrily making music—both caught in happy moments of fleeting joy, as they sing and play their tune.

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In the ninth episode of 'Frans Hals Paintings—The Podcast’, I discuss a painting titled 'Family Group in a Landscape', which is in the collection of the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. It was purchased by Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, in 1935, and has been widely exhibited throughout the twentieth century. Cornelis Hofstede de Groot and Seymour Slive consider the work to be by Hals; Grimm considers it a workshop product. Slive numbered it 177, in his 1974 Hals catalogue raisonné. In the painting, five figures are positioned against a backdrop of a pastoral landscape; a sort of dune landscape in the distance whereas in the foreground is the edge of a forest, against which they are set.

To learn more about the work, visit the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum website.

Watch Titus Kaphar's ⁠TED talk⁠ about the painting.

To learn more about Kaphar's 2017 painting Shifting the Gaze, visit the website of the Brooklyn Museum.

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'Frans Hals Paintings—The Podcast' is published by ⁠⁠Semicolon-Press.