 |
Johannes
Cornelisz. Verspronck, Andries Stilte as a Standard Bearer
(detail), 1640, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons’
Permanent Fund 1998.13.1 |
|
Frans Hals, Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard
(detail), c. 1636/1638, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew
W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.68 |
|
|
Verspronck:
The hair in the mustache is painted with great subtlety so that we barely
sense the hand of the artist.
Hals:
In Hals’ mustache individual brushstrokes curve and twist in lively,
unexpected ways.
 
|
|
