Boy with a Lute, ca. 1625, Oil on canvas, 28 3/8 x 23 1/4 in. (72.1 x 59.1 cm), Paintings, Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem), Inspired by Dutch Caravaggesque painters such as Gerrit van Honthorst and Hendrick ter Brugghen, Hals painted pictures of carefree musicians during the mid- to late 1620s. Here a young man pours a last drop of red wine onto his thumbnail, a signal to the innkeeper that he needs a refill, and to the viewer that (according to a Dutch rhyme of the period) 'The glass is empty
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Boy, Lute, ca, 1625, Oil, canvas, 28 3/8 x 23 1/4, 72.1 59.1 cm, Paintings, Frans Hals, Dutch, Antwerp, 1582/83–1666, Haarlem, Inspired, Dutch Caravaggesque painters, Gerrit van, Honthorst, Hendrick ter, Brugghen, Hals painted, pictures, carefree musicians, mid, late 1620s, young man, pours, last drop, red wine, thumbnail, signal, innkeeper, needs, refill, viewer, according, rhyme, period, glass, empty
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