Artwork
Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz. Massa
Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz. Massa is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Frans Hals. It dates from 1626 and is held in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz.
About this work
Massa had already appeared in an earlier Hals painting that also included his wife, Beatrix van der Laen.
Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz. Massa is an oil painting made in 1626 by the Dutch painter Frans Hals. The work shows Isaac Massa, a prosperous merchant who was a close friend of the artist.
Massa had already appeared in an earlier Hals painting that also included his wife, Beatrix van der Laen. He later asked Hals for another portrait in 1635, which now hangs in San Diego. It is an oil‑on‑canvas work.
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Overview
The Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz. Massa is an oil-on-canvas painting created by Frans Hals in 1626. It is part of the Art Gallery of Ontario's collection.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts Isaak Abrahamsz Massa, a successful merchant and close friend of Hals. Massa was portrayed by Hals on two other occasions: once with his wife Beatrix van der Laen in an earlier work, and again in a 1635 portrait.
Technique & Style
The work is executed in oil paint on canvas, characteristic of Hals' style during this period.
History & Provenance
The painting is now held in the Art Gallery of Ontario, having been created nearly four centuries ago.
Artist & collection
Artist
Frans Hals the Elder (UK: , US: ; Dutch: ; c. 1582 – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places…
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