Frans HalsDutch, 1581–1666Portrait of a Lady
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
Art Institute of Chicago
Room213Chicago, United States
On public display.
- Checked
- 5 hours ago
- In this state since
- Aug 19, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
Portrait of a Woman in a Chair is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1627 and now in the Art Institute of Chicago. It is considered a pendant portrait, but the sitter is unknown and therefore the pendant is not certain.
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1954.287
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — CC0
Meanwhile, in the life of Frans Hals
The whole life1617–1666 · Workplace
Haarlem
1618–1626
The chamber of rhetoric “The Vine Branches”
From 1618 to 1626 Hals is a member of Haarlem's chamber of rhetoric, the literary society “The Vine Branches” (De Wijngaertranken).
1620–1630
More commissioned portraits and new pupils
Between 1620 and 1630 Hals paints more and more commissioned portraits and takes on pupils, probably including Philips Wouwerman.
1626
Pupil: Adriaen van Ostade
1627
Son born: Reynier Hals
1628
Son born: Nicolaes Hals
