Paintings
Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman
PaintingPortrait
Details
- Author / creator
- Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581–1666)
- Object type
- Painting
- Date or period
- 1634
- Dimensions summary
- Framed: 139 × 109 × 5.5 cm; Unframed: 117 × 87 cm
- Support
- Canvas
- Paint medium
- Oil
- Place of origin
- Netherlands
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1999
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
An extremely wealthy linen and silk merchant in Haarlem, Tieleman Roosterman was 36 years old when Frans Hals painted his portrait. Unlike many Dutch painters of the period, Hals favored strong, visible brushstrokes that convey the vitality of his sitters. Roosterman strikes a confident pose, his costume sober but luxurious: his sleeves are decorated with braid and buttons, and ribbon rosettes encircle the waist of his doublet. The rich black of his suit is offset by the broad linen collar and lace-edged cuffs—fashionable details befitting a successful cloth merchant.
Materials and technique
Oil on canvas
Signature and marks
inscribed at upper right: ÆTAT SVÆ 36 / AN° 1634
