Anna van der Aar (born 1576/77, died after 1626), 1626, Oil on wood, 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (22.2 x 16.5 cm), Paintings, Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem), Scriverius was a distinguished historian, poet, and scholar of classical literature. His wife, Anna van der Aar, was the daughter of a Leiden city councilman. In this pair of portraits Hals employs the scale, oval format, and illusionistic framing device that for several decades had been common in Dutch portrait prints
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Anna van der Aar, born 1576/77, died, 1626, Oil, wood, 8 3/4 x 6 1/2, 22.2 16.5 cm, Paintings, Frans Hals, Dutch, Antwerp, 1582/83–1666, Haarlem, Scriverius, distinguished historian, poet, scholar, classical literature, wife, der, Aar, daughter, Leiden city, councilman, pair, portraits, employs, scale, oval format, illusionistic framing, device, several decades, common, Dutch portrait, prints
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