\paperw4890 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This refined portrait can be dated to the early 1640s, the culminating phase in VerspronckÆs career. Now free of the influence of his teac
her Frans Hals, the artist has shifted to a denser style of painting and more static compositions. Ample space is given to the background, illuminated by the light entering from the right.