Frans Hals
Frans Hals the Elder (UK: /hæls/, US: /hɑːls, hælz, hɑːlz/, 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 Hals | |
| Born | c. 1582 |
| Died | 26 August 1666 (aged 83–84) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Notable work | The Gypsy Girl (1628) Laughing Cavalier (1624) Laughing Boy (c. 1625) |
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Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group portraiture. He is known for his loose painterly brushwork.
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