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Frans Hals

1582/3–1666

Copy after Hals, probably the 1650s.
Copy after Hals, probably the 1650s.

Born in Antwerp, Hals worked mainly in Haarlem and joined its guild in 1610. He trained with Karel van Mander and painted citizens, families, civic guards and almshouse regents. His brushwork became an important model for Manet in the nineteenth century.

Works

Merrymakers at Shrovetide — Frans HalsFrans Hals

Merrymakers at Shrovetide

The Laughing Cavalier — Frans HalsFrans Hals

The Laughing Cavalier

Sources

Copy after Frans Hals · The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 / Public Domain Portrait source · Licence