# Portrait of a Lady, in Frans Hals

Frans Hals painted this in 1627, aged 45. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

From the museum's label:

> Frans Hals, one of the most celebrated portrait painters of the 17th century, demonstrated here his signature verve in inscribing decoration on black satin and capturing the freshness of his subject’s skin.

_Text from the Art Institute of Chicago._

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## The work

- Date: 1627
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 86.5 × 70.7 cm (34 1/4 × 27 13/16 in.); Framed: 107 × 91.4 × 6.4 cm (42 1/8 × 36 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1954.287
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Frans Hals](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/frans-hals), Dutch, 1582–1666

Hals was born in Antwerp but spent his whole career in Haarlem, where he became its leading portraitist.

3 works in the collection.

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