Portrait of Willem Croes by Frans Hals was created in 1660/62 and is in Alte Pinakothek München. The size of the work is 47,1 x 34,4 cm and is made of oil on wood.
About the Work
This late work by Haarlem’s leading portrait painter stands out due to its lively and expressive rendering. It shows the conservatively dressed brewery owner Croes in a pose appropriate to his social status, painted in Hals’s typically ‘slapdash,’ open, sketch-like style, which executed with a broad brush.