Frans Hals

Artist (Netherlands)

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Frans Hals (ca. 1582-1666) Frans Hals, the son of a weaver, was born in Antwerp some time between 1581 and 1585. In his biography of Hals, Arnold Houbraken recounts how the family fled from the Spaniards in 1585 and settled in Haarlem. There the young painter was apprenticed to Karel van Mander. Hals joined Haarlem’s artist guild in 1610. This enabled him to set up his ow...

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Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and... 1622

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Saint John the Evangelist 1625

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Portrait of a young man with a skull 1628

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Portrait of a Man 1650

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Willem Coymans 1645

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Portrait of an Elderly Lady 1633

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Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard 1638

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Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Capta... 1637

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The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1633 1633

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Portrait of Claes Duyst van Voorhout 1638

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Portrait of René Descartes 1649

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A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Dr... 1628

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The Laughing Cavalier 1624

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Portrait of a Woman 1635

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The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Comp... 1616

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A boy reading, possibly Nicolaes Hals

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Portrait of Paulus Verschuur 1643

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Jan Asselijn 1650

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Boy With a Lute 1625

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Portrait of a woman

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