Portrait of Jacob Olycan

Jacob Olycan was a wealthy Haarlem beer brewer. When he married Aletta Hanemans, the couple had their portrait painted by the best portrait painter in the city: Frans Hals. He made two paintings. The groom on the left and the bride on the right, according to the convention. Olycan, here 29 years old, looks at us from above with his arm in his side and radiates pride and self-assurance. He wears a dignified, shiny, black suit and an exuberant collar of white lace, which are very accurately painted.