In the weekly cultural program “Aural Tapestry”, David Swatling speaks with author Michael Kernan about his vivid recreation of the life of Frans Hals, who was perhaps the greatest of Dutch 17th-century portrait artists. Kernan delved into the archives of the painter’s thriving native town of Haarlem and carefully scrutinised the Master’s paintings.
Producer: David Swatling
Broadcast: August 31, 1998