
The Mystery of the Girl in Blue
Professor Frans Grijzenhout reveals the mystery behind Johannes Verspronck's celebrated portrait. A lecture on art history and the search for the identity of the girl in blue.
The Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem holds the world's largest collection of paintings by Frans Hals, including his celebrated group portraits of civic guards. The collection spans the Dutch Golden Age as well as modern and contemporary art, spread across two sites: the historic almshouse on Groot Heiligland and the Hal on the Grote Markt.
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Professor Frans Grijzenhout reveals the mystery behind Johannes Verspronck's celebrated portrait. A lecture on art history and the search for the identity of the girl in blue.

The Frans Hals Museum showcases masterworks by two of the 17th century's greatest portrait painters, Frans Hals and Rembrandt, hung together for direct comparison.