Frans Hals

A rare double marriage portrait set outdoors — husband's hand over his heart, wife smiling, a garden of love behind them. Breaking with every stiff Dutch betrothal convention before it.

A cavalry officer catches the viewer's eye mid-toast, his wineglass still raised. Hals's loose wet-on-wet brushwork — visible in the stubble, the ruff, the sudden twinkle — set the template for Manet.