A stunning display of wealth and true genius; Striking a pose ... Willem van Heythuysen by Frans Hals is full of 'theatrical bluffness'.

The Mail on Sunday (London, England) | July 1, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: PHILIP HENSHER

Dutch Portraits: The Age Of Rembrandt And Frans Hals National Gallery,London Until September 16 ooooo

There's a theory that the ways in which we think of ourselves as being humandon't go back to the dawn of time. They were invented at a particular time andin a particular place.

The chief contender for that time and place is 17th Century Holland, and weknow about it, mainly, through Dutch portraiture of the period.

Holland was a republic, and its elite, uniquely,was not an aristocracy or amonarchy but a group of ...

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