Workshop of Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582–1666)
The Rommel-Pot Player
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Workshop of Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582–1666)c. 1630
The Rommel-Pot Player
Workshop of Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582–1666) →17th Centuryoil on paneldutch
Date
c. 1630
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
39.1 × 30.5 cm (15 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.); (Framed): 68 × 61 × 7.7 cm (26 3/4 × 24 × 3 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
Renowned chiefly for his insightful portraits, Frans Hals also painted lively scenes of revelers and peasants at the beginning of his career. Particularly popular was his image of a Shrovetide entertainer who stirs a rommel-pot to delight a crowd of children with its screeching noise. The composition was frequently copied—this version was once given to Hals himself and later assigned to Judith Leyster, who probably worked in Hals’s Haarlem workshop about 1630. However, the painting does not show Judith Leyster’s distinctive style and should instead be considered to be the work of an unknown close follower of Hals paraphrasing his virtuoso brushwork.
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