Dutch Golden Age · ca. 1625
Boy with a Lute
Frans Hals
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Dutch Golden AgeBaroqueoil paintingportraitgestureNetherlands
- Title
- Boy with a Lute
- Artist
- Frans Hals
- Date
- ca. 1625
- Movement
- Dutch Golden Age
- Period
- Baroque
- Medium
- oil painting
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Rights
- Public Domain
Standard agent summaryBoy with a Lute by Frans Hals, dated ca. 1625, is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and recorded as oil painting. This page preserves verifiable collection and rights information.
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