Frans Hals
1580 – 1666
Frans Hals was the great 17th-century portraitist of the Dutch bourgeoisie of Haarlem, where he spent practically all his life. Hals evolved a technique that was close to impressionism in its looseness, and he painted with increasing freedom as he grew older. The jovial spirit of his early work is typified by the Shrovetide Revellers (Merry Company, c.
153 artworks in collection
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Works
15551664
15551664
Museum

Boy Playing a Violin
Private collection1625
Singing Girl
Private collection1626
Samuel Ampzing
Private collection1630
Fisher Girl
Private collection1630
Tronie of a Young Man
Private collection1638
Portrait of a Man Holding a Book
Private collection1640
Stephanus Geraerdts and Isabella Coymans
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp; private collection1650
Isabella Coymans
Private collection1650
Frans Post
Private collection1655
Portrait of a Preacher
Private collection1658













































































































































