Frans HalsDutch, 1581–1666The Smoker
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Room637New York, United States
On public display.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
The Smoker is an oil-on-panel painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1626 and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Particulars
- Accession number
- 89.15.34
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)
Meanwhile, in the life of Frans Hals
The whole life1612–1624
Service in the Haarlem civic guard
From 1612 to 1624 Hals serves in the local civic guard (schutterij); he will paint his first “militia picture” in 1616 and his last in 1639.
1617–1666 · 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.
1623
Daughter born: Adriaentje Hals
December 1624
Son born: Jacob Hals
