Malle Babbe, c. 1633/35. Oil on canvas, 75 x 64 cm
Artist
Frans Hals
Year
c. 1633-1635 (c. 1633-1635)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
75 cm × 64 cm (30 in × 25 in)
Location
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Malle Babbe is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted c. 1633-1635, and now in the Gemäldegalerie, in Berlin.[1] The painting has also been titled as Hille Bobbe or the Witch of Haarlem. It was traditionally interpreted as a tronie, or genre painting in a portrait format, depicting a mythic witch-figure. The painting is now often identified as a genre-style portrait of a specific individual from Haarlem, known as Malle (meaning "crazy") Babbe, who may have been an alcoholic or suffered from a mental illness.[2]
The painting has been an object of artistic admiration from Hals's lifetime, as there are several copies and variants painted by his followers. It was admired by Gustave Courbet, who made a copy of it in 1869 while it was on view in Munich.[3]
^"Malle Babbe". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
^Cite error: The named reference smarth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Slive, Seymour (October 1963). "On the Meaning of Frans Hals' 'Malle Babbe'". The Burlington Magazine. 105 (727): 432, 434–436. JSTOR 874065.
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