Two Fisherboys: On Authenticity and Innovation in the Work of Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) - Brossura

Kokkedee, Lotte

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9464941820 ISBN 13: 9789464941821

Casa editrice: Hannibal Books, 2025

Riassunto

De Phoebus Focus-reeks bestaat uit compacte uitgaven waarin telkens één kunstwerk uit de collectie van The Phoebus Foundation centraal staat. In elke Phoebus Focus licht een expert het gekozen werk toe vanuit zijn of haar specialisatie, op een heldere, toegankelijke en wetenschappelijk onderbouwde manier.

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Phoebus Focus XLI

In this edition of Phoebus Focus, Lotte Kokkedee and Anna Tummers’ analysis extends beyond technology. They position Two Fisherboys in the context of Hals’ oeuvre. After all, are these seemingly innocent children what they appear to be? The boy smiling mischievously looks like he’s putting a crab in his friend’s basket. Is the painter actually alluding to a Dutch proverb ‘een pad in iemands korf zetten’ (literally translated as to put a toad in someone’s basket, which means landing someone in hot water), and is this charming scene actually one full of playful cunning? The happy anticipation of a roguish joke while performing their hard labour? After all, the life of a fisherman was no laughing matter. This makes Two Fisherboys not only an intimate portrait of youthful spontaneity, but above all a masterful embodiment of the condition humaine, captured in Hals’inimitable style.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hannibal Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9464941820
• ISBN 13: 9789464941821
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 112
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