Two Fisherboys: On Authenticity and Innovation in the Work of Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) (Phoebus Focus, 41) - Softcover

Kokkedee, Lotte; Tummers, Anna

 
9789464941821: Two Fisherboys: On Authenticity and Innovation in the Work of Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) (Phoebus Focus, 41)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9464941820 ISBN 13: 9789464941821
Publisher: Hannibal Books, 2025

Synopsis

In this edition of Phoebus Focus, Lotte Kokkedee and Anna Tummers’ analysis extends beyond technology. They position Two Fisherboys in the context of Hals’ oeuvre. After all, are these seemingly innocent children what they appear to be? The boy smiling mischievously looks like he’s putting a crab in his friend’s basket. Is the painter actually alluding to a Dutch proverb ‘een pad in iemands korf zetten’ (literally translated as to put a toad in someone’s basket, which means landing someone in hot water), and is this charming scene actually one full of playful cunning? The happy anticipation of a roguish joke while performing their hard labour? After all, the life of a fisherman was no laughing matter. This makes Two Fisherboys not only an intimate portrait of youthful spontaneity, but above all a masterful embodiment of the condition humane, captured in Hals’inimitable style.

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Phoebus Focus XLI

In this edition of Phoebus Focus, Lotte Kokkedee and Anna Tummers’ analysis extends beyond technology. They position Two Fisherboys in the context of Hals’ oeuvre. After all, are these seemingly innocent children what they appear to be? The boy smiling mischievously looks like he’s putting a crab in his friend’s basket. Is the painter actually alluding to a Dutch proverb ‘een pad in iemands korf zetten’ (literally translated as to put a toad in someone’s basket, which means landing someone in hot water), and is this charming scene actually one full of playful cunning? The happy anticipation of a roguish joke while performing their hard labour? After all, the life of a fisherman was no laughing matter. This makes Two Fisherboys not only an intimate portrait of youthful spontaneity, but above all a masterful embodiment of the condition humaine, captured in Hals’inimitable style.

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Publisher
Hannibal Books
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9464941820
ISBN 13 
9789464941821
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
112