Frans Hals Museum
Yesterday we went to the Frans Hals Museum, together with Wouter. Parts of the museum had been renovated, so from 19:30 till 22:00 there was free entrance. They had guides giving short explanations at various paintings, and there was life-music too (Mozart).
It's a very nice museum. Personally I like paintings with cities and buildings the best. Seeing your own city is even more special. There were many paintings of the Grote Markt, various hofjes and the Adriaan. One I like very much showed the Spaarne flowing towards Haarlem, from the same angle as we see it from our window. Instead of buildings and a road there were cows on green field next to the river: the city was much smaller then.
A remarkable thing is that we didn't see any paintings of Frans Hals! We saw paintings from his brother Dirck and from other famous Haarlem painters, but no Frans Hals.
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Frans Hals Museum
Jammer, maar dat gaat vaak zo. ik sta ook nooit op de familiefotoos, ik sta altijd achter de kamera.
F Hals zat achter de ezel. en waarschijnlijk had F Hals geen leuke spiegel? Of vond ie zichzelf te lelijk? Leuk onderwerp voor een kunstpsychologoische promotie met een Haarlemse gemeente beurs.
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Frans Hals Museum
Nou, dat we geen schilderijen hebben gezien waar hij zelf op staat vind ik niet zo heel erg vreemd.
Maar wat ik wel heel eigenaardig vind is dat we ook geen enkel schilderij zagen dat geschilderd was door Frans Hals!