Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Glove | Antique Oil After Frans Hals

An expressive oil on canvas after Frans Hals’s Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Glove, a Dutch Golden Age composition held in the State Hermitage Museum. The original is dated circa 1650 in the museum’s exhibition catalogue and is admired for the lively expression and seemingly effortless brushwork characteristic of Hals’s portraiture.

This later interpretation captures the sitter’s gently turned pose, dark curling hair, and expansive white lace collar against a warm background. His black clothing and softly rendered gray glove lend the portrait a restrained sophistication.

Presented unframed, it is especially lovely displayed on an easel among books or incorporated into a collected arrangement of antique art.

Era: Likely 19th century; date estimated
Origin: European; after a Dutch composition, exact country of execution unknown
Medium: Oil on canvas
Artist: Unidentified, after Frans Hals
Presentation: Unframed
Condition: Good antique condition with age-related surface wear.
Measurements: 10" W x 12" H x 0.75" D