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A portrait of Isaac Massa (1586–1643), a Dutch grain trader, traveller and envoy to the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and his wife Beatrix van der Laen. Massa first went to Moscow in 1601 for business, wherein he witnessed the Time of Troubles, and his memoirs of that time are considered the least biased of contemporary sources. This painting is considered unique in composition for the period; the novel composition was probably Massa's own design.Artist: Frans Hals