Frans Hals - Two Fisherboys - The Phoebus Foundation

With Koen Fillet and Lotte Kokkedee and Anna Tummers. Lotte Kokkedee is a PhD candidate on the European research project
ARTDETECT: Smart Ways to Detect Forgeries, led by professor dr. Anna Tummers
at Ghent University.

In this episode, they take a closer look at Two Fisher Boys by Frans Hals. What seems light-hearted at first reveals itself as a subtle play of smiles and appearances, where Hals shows far more than youthful charm and captures the human condition with striking clarity and immediacy.


Frans Hals, Two Fisherboys, ca. 1634–1637. Lively genre painting of two laughing boys in simple rural clothing, one carrying a basket, set against a cloudy sky and countryside landscape, emphasizing movement, youth, and spontaneity in the Dutch Golden Age.
Frans Hals, Two Fisherboys, c.1634-1637

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