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Frans Hals
Frans Hals

Frans Hals

Dutch, c. 1581-1666
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Frans Hals the Elder  was a Dutch Golden Age painter, normally of portraits, who lived and worked in Haarlem. He is known for his loose painterly brushwork, and helping introduce a lively style of painting to Dutch art. Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group portraiture.

Hals was born in 1582 or 1583 in Antwerp, then in the Spanish Netherlands, as the son of cloth merchant Franchois Fransz Hals van Mechelen (c. 1542–1610) and his second wife Adriaentje van Geertenryck. Like many, Hals' parents fled during the Fall of Antwerp (1584–1585) from the south to Haarlem in the new Dutch Republic in the north, where he lived for the remainder of his life. Hals studied under Flemish émigré Karel van Mander, whose Mannerist influence, however, is barely noticeable in Hals' work.

Hals is best known for his portraits, mainly of wealthy citizens such as Pieter van den Broecke and Isaac Massa, whom he painted three times. He also painted large group portraits for local civic guards and for the regents of local hospitals. He was a Dutch Golden Age painter who practiced an intimate realism with a radically free approach. His pictures illustrate the various strata of society: banquets or meetings of officers, guildsmen, local councilmen from mayors to clerks, itinerant players and singers, gentlemen, fishwives, and tavern heroes.

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Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael, Known as ‘The Meagre Company’

Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael, Known as ‘The Meagre Company’ (1637)

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Portrait of Maritge Claesdr Vooght

Portrait of Maritge Claesdr Vooght (1639)

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Anna van der Aar (born 1576, died after 1626)

Anna van der Aar (born 1576, died after 1626) (1626)

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667)

Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667) (1643)

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660

Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660 (1626)

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff (1625)

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man (early 1650s)

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Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout (born about 1600, died 1650)

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout (born about 1600, died 1650) (ca. 1636–38)

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Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman (ca. 1650)

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Young Man and Woman in an Inn

Young Man and Woman in an Inn (1623)

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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A Tronie Study Of The Head And Right Hand Of A Boy

A Tronie Study Of The Head And Right Hand Of A Boy

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Laughing Child

Laughing Child (circa 1620-1625)

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady (1627)

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Portrait of Pieter Dircksz. Tjarck

Portrait of Pieter Dircksz. Tjarck (circa 1635-1638)

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A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’

A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’ (c. 1628 - c. 1630)

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Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen

Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen (c. 1622)

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Portrait of Lucas de Clercq

Portrait of Lucas de Clercq (1635)

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz. Massa

Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz. Massa (1626)

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Portrait of a Dutch Family

Portrait of a Dutch Family (1633 - 1636)

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Dorothea Berck (1593-1684), wife of Joseph Coymans (1591-after 1660)

Dorothea Berck (1593-1684), wife of Joseph Coymans (1591-after 1660) (1644)

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Malle Babbe

Malle Babbe (circa 1633)

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Singing Boy with Flute

Singing Boy with Flute (circa 1623)

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Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman (1640)

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Fisherboy

Fisherboy

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Stephanus Geraerdts, Alderman in Haarlem

Stephanus Geraerdts, Alderman in Haarlem (1650-1652)

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman (1650)

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A Fisherboy

A Fisherboy (c.1630)

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Portrait of a Young Cavalier

Portrait of a Young Cavalier

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman (1643)

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Portrait of Daniel van Aken

Portrait of Daniel van Aken

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581-1666)
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