Frans Hals
Frans Hals the Elder (UK: /hæls/,[1] US: /hɑːls, hælz, hɑːlz/,[2][3][4] Dutch: [frɑns ˈɦɑls]; c. 1582 – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, chiefly of individual and group portraits and of genre works, who lived and worked in Haarlem.
Frans Hals | |
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![]() Copy of a self-portrait by Frans Hals | |
Born | c. 1582 |
Died | 26 August 1666 83–84) | (aged
Nationality | Dutch |
Notable work | The Gypsy Girl (1628) Laughing Cavalier (1624) Laughing Boy (c. 1625) |
Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group portraiture. He is known for his loose painterly brushwork.