• Young Man with a Skull is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, created in 1626-1628, now in the National Gallery, in London.
  • They likely commissioned Frans Hals to paint their portraits shortly after their wedding in 1634, when Hals was at the height of his career as the most eminent...
  • Young Man Holding a Skull (Vanitas) by Frans Hals was often thought to be a painting of that scene in Shakespeare’s play "Hamlet" when Hamlet is holding the...
  • My Daily Art Display today is the oil on canvas painting entitled Young Man Handling a Skull (Vanitas) painted by Frans Hals between 1626 and 1628.
  • English: Youth with skull by Frans Hals. /Young Man holding a Skull (Vanitas), 1626-8, Oil on canvas, 92.2 × 80.8 cm (36.2 × 31.8 in), National Gallery, London.
  • The painting that we see is “Young Man holding a Skull (Vanitas)” by Frans Hals, made in 1626.
  • The skull held by the boy is a reminder of the transience of life and the certainty of death.
  • Discover the famous painting 'Young Man with a Skull' by Frans Hals at the National Gallery in London.
  • Young Man with a Skull by Frans Hals (1628).
  • Young Man with a Skull, c.1626 Oil on canvas, 92 x 81 cm. by Frans Hals.
  • In fact, this portrait is not a portrait: although the young man is often identified as Hamlet, the picture is most likely a traditional for Dutch art allegory “Vanitas”...
  • Although the young man holding a skull in his hand has occasionally been identified as Hamlet, this interpretation is probably incorrect.