Young Man with a Skull
Frans Hals · 1626
The story
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, London. The painting was previously thought to be a depiction of Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet holding the skull of Yorick, but is now considered to be a vanitas, a reminder of the precarious nature of life and the inevitability of death.
- Artist
- Frans Hals
- Date
- 1626
- Collection
- National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Movement
- Dutch Golden Age painting
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 92.2 × 80.8 cm
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