Frans Hals (1582/83–1666) 

Artist: Copy after Frans Hals (Dutch, 17th century) [br] Date: probably 1650s Until 1935, this small panel was considered to be a self-portrait by Hals of about 1650. A similar work in the Indianapolis Museum of Art is now viewed by Slive and other scholars as the best of the known copies after a lost self-portrait by Hals. In the MMA painting, the sitter's lips are sl...