Willem van Heythuysen Posing with a Sword

Willem van Heythuysen Posing with a Sword
Willem van Heythuysen posing with a sword, c.1625. Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 134.5 cm
ArtistFrans Hals
Year1625-1630
CatalogueSeymour Slive, Catalog 1974: #31
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions204.5 cm × 134.5 cm (80.5 in × 53.0 in)
LocationAlte Pinakothek, Purchased from the Prince of Liechtenstein, 1969, Munich
Accession14101

Willem van Heythuysen posing with a sword is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1625-1630, and now in the Alte Pinakothek, in Munich. It shows the Haarlem cloth merchant Willem van Heythuysen in a theatrical pose with a rapier.