File:Frans Hals - Portrait of a Man Holding a Skull.JPG
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Summary
Frans Hals: Portrait of a man holding a skull
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| Title |
Portrait of a Man Holding a Skull  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
portrait |
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| Description |
The man has not been identified, in spite of the coat of arms, but the inscription records that he was 60 years old. The double portrait celebrates the couple’s wealth and status, but the skull and the inscription ‘ITA MORI’ indicate a broader truth. Worldly possessions cannot hide the fact that we are doomed to ‘To Perish Thus’, from living flesh and blood to whitened bones. |
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| Date |
circa |
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| Medium |
oil and wood |
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| Dimensions |
height: 94 cm (37 in) ; width: 72.5 cm (28.5 in) |
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| Place of creation |
Haarlem |
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| Object history |
1938: purchased by The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham |
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| Inscriptions | ITA MORI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | This portrait was painted as a pair with the image of the man’s wife appearing to the right. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Unknown source | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Annotations | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
Licensing
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| current | 19:47, 13 September 2006 | | 821 × 1,070 (110 KB) | Andreagrossmann | Frans Hals - Portrait of a Man Holding a Skull (c. 1611, Oil on panel, 94 x 72,5 cm) |
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