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Frans Hals (1582/83 - 1666)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• Hals was born in Anwerp, but lived and worked in Haarlem.
• Hals studied under Flemish émigré Karel van Mander.
• In 1610, Hals became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke.
• Hals is best known for his portraits, large group portraits for local civic guards and for the regents of local hospitals.
• His pictures illustrate the various strata of society: banquets or meetings of officers, guildsmen, local councilmen from mayors to clerks, itinerant players and singers, gentlemen, fishwives, and tavern heroes.
• Frans influenced his brother Dirck Hals also painter.
• Five of his sons became painters: Harmen Hals, Frans Hals the Younger, Jan Hals,
Reynier Hals and Nicolaes Hals.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: The Laughing Cavalier, 1624.
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Frans Hals and Pieter Codde, A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’, c. 1628 - c. 1630

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals and Pieter Codde, A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’, c. 1628 - c. 1630

Frans Hals, Meeting of the Officers and Sergeants of the Calivermen Civic Guard, 1633

Original, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Meeting of the Officers and Sergeants of the Calivermen Civic Guard, 1633

Frans Hals, Banquet of the Officers of the Calivermen Civic Guard, 1627

Original, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Banquet of the Officers of the Calivermen Civic Guard, 1627

Frans Hals, Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard, 1627

Original, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard, 1627

Frans Hals, Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard, 1616

Original, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard, 1616

Frans Hals, Officers Sergeants of the St George Civic Guard, 1639

Original, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Officers Sergeants of the St George Civic Guard, 1639

Frans Hals, Officers Sergeants of the St George Civic Guard, 1639

Frans Hals, Regents of the St. Elisabeth Hospital, 1640-41

Original, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Regents of the St. Elisabeth Hospital, 1640-41

Frans Hals, Regentesses of the Old Men`s Home, 1644

Original, Frans Hals Museum. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Regentesses of the Old Men`s Home, 1644

Frans Hals, Fisher Boy, c. 1632

Original, Frans Hals Museum. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Fisher Boy, c. 1632

Frans Hals, The innkeeper, c. 1623-25

Original, Frans Hals Museum. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, The innkeeper, c. 1623-25

Frans Hals, Portrait of Stephanus Geraerdts, c. 1650

Original, Frans Hals Museum. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Portrait of Stephanus Geraerdts, c. 1650

Frans Hals, Portrait of Stephanus Geraerdts, c. 1650

Portrait of Jacobus Zaffius (1611)

Original, Frans Hals Museum. Visited in 2018.

Portrait of Jacobus Zaffius (1611)

The Traveller,c.(1650).

Original, Frans Hals Museum. Visited in 2018.

The Traveller,c.(1650).

Portrait of a Man (1625)

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Frans Hals, Portrait of a Woman with gloves, c. 1645-50

Original, Frans Hals Museum. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Portrait of a Woman with gloves, c. 1645-50

Frans Hals, Portrait of a Man, c. 1665

Original, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Portrait of a Man, c. 1665

Portrait of a Preacher, c. (1660)

Original, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Visited in 2018.

Portrait of a Preacher, c. (1660)

Frans Hals, Laughing Child, c. 1620-25

Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Laughing Child, c. 1620-25

Portrait of Pieter Dircksz. Tjarck, c.(1635-38)

Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Portrait of Pieter Dircksz. Tjarck, c.(1635-38).

Portrait of a Man (1648-1650)

Original, NGA-DC. Original, NGA-DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Portrait of a Man (1648-1650)

Portrait of a Young Man, ca.(1646-48)

Original, NGA-DC. Original, NGA-DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Portrait of a Young Man, ca.(1646-48)

Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard, c.(1636-1638)

Original, NGA-DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard, c.(1636-1638)

A Young Man in a Large Hat, c.(1628-30)

Original, NGA-DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

A Young Man in a Large Hat, c.(1628-30)

A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’, c. (1628 - c. 1630).

Original, Rijksmuseum. Visited in 2018.

A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’, c. (1628 - c. 1630)

Willem van Heythuysen (c.1590-1650),c.(1625)

Original, Rijksmuseum. Visited in 2018.

Willem van Heythuysen (c.1590-1650),c.(1625)

Portrait of a Woman, c. (1635)

Original, Rijksmuseum. Visited in 2018.

Portrait of a Woman, c. (1635)

Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, c. (1622)

Original, Rijksmuseum. Visited in 2018.

Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, c. (1622)

Portrait of a Woman (Marie Larp?), (about 1635-38)

Original, The National Gallery - London. Visited in 2018-19.

Portrait of a Woman (Marie Larp?), (about 1635-38)

Portrait of a Woman with a Fan (about 1640)

Original, The National Gallery - London. Visited in 2018-19.

Portrait of a Woman with a Fan (about 1640)

Portrait of a Man in his Thirties (1633)

Original, The National Gallery - London. Visited in 2018-19.

Portrait of a Man in his Thirties (1633)

Attributed to Frans Hals - Fisherman playing the violin (1630)

Original, Thyssen-Madrid. Visited in 2018.

Attributed to Frans Hals - Fisherman playing the violin (1630)

Portrait of Jasper Schade (1645)

Original, Sternbersky Palac. Visited in 2017-19.

Portrait of a Young Man in a Yellowish Grey Jacket, c.(1633)

Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister,Dresden. Visited in 2018.

Portrait of a Young Man in a Yellowish Grey Jacket, c.(1633)

Portrait of a Young man in a Black Jacket,c. (1633)

Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister,Dresden. Visited in 2018.

Portrait of a Young man in a Black Jacket,c. (1633)

Saint John the Evangelist (about 1625–1628)

Original, GETTY-LA. Visited in 2018.

Saint John the Evangelist (about 1625–1628)

Portrait of a Man, ca.(1614-15)

Original, Brooklyn Museum. Visited in 2017-19.

Portrait of a Man, ca.(1614-15)

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout (born about 1600, died 1650)

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout (born about 1600, died 1650)

Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660),(1626)

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660),(1626)

Boy with a Lute, ca.(1625)

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Boy with a Lute,ca.(1625)

The Smoker, ca.(1623-25)

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

The Smoker, ca.(1623-25)

Merrymakers at Shrovetide, ca.(1616-17)

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Merrymakers at Shrovetide, ca.(1616-17)

Young Man and Woman in an Inn (Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart), (1623)

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Young Man and Woman in an Inn (Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart), (1623)

Portrait of a Man,c.(early 1650s)

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Portrait of a Man,c.(early 1650s)

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff (1625)

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff (1625)

Anna van der Aar (born 1576-77, died after 1626), (1626)

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Anna van der Aar (born 1576-77, died after 1626), (1626)

Paulus Verschuur (1607-1667), (1643)

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Paulus Verschuur (1607-1667), (1643)

Frans Hals, Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1638-40

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-19.

Frans Hals, Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1638-40

Frans Hals, The Laughing Cavalier, 1624

Original, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, The Laughing Cavalier, 1624

Frans Hals, Portrait of Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, c. 1630

Original, Frans Hals Museum. Visited in 2018.

Frans Hals, Portrait of Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, c. 1630

Frans Hals, Portrait of Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, c. 1639

Original, Dallas Museum of Art. Visited in 2020.

Frans Hals, Portrait of Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, c. 1639

Frans Hals, Portrait of Hendrik Swalmius, 1639

Original, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Frans Hals, Portrait of Hendrik Swalmius, 1639

Frans Hals, Pieter van den Broecke, 1633

Original, Kenwood House Collection, London. Visited in 2019.

Frans Hals, Young Man holding a Skull (Vanitas), 1626-28

Original, The National Gallery - London. Visited in 2018-19.

Frans Hals, Young Man holding a Skull (Vanitas), 1626-28

Frans Hals, Singing boy with flute, c. 1623-25

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Frans Hals, Singing boy with flute, c. 1623-25

Frans Hals, The Rommel-Pot Player, c. 1618-22

Original, The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. Visited in 2020.

Frans Hals, The Rommel-Pot Player, c. 1618-22

Frans Hals, The Rommel-Pot Player, c. 1618-22

Follower of Frans Hals, The Rommel-Pot Player, c. 1630

Original, Art Institute of Chicago. Visited in 2018.

Follower of Frans Hals, The Rommel-Pot Player, c. 1630

Frans Hals, Malle Babbe, c. 1633-35

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Frans Hals, Malle Babbe, c. 1633-35

Catharina Hooft (1618-1691) with her nurse, c. (1619-20)

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Catharina Hooft (1618-1691) with her nurse, c. (1619-20)

Portrait of a Woman (1634)

Original, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Portrait of a Woman (1634)

Portrait of a Woman (1635)

Original, Frick Collections. Visited in 2018.

Portrait of a Woman (1635)

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Willem Coymans (1645)

Original, NGA-DC. Visited in 2017-18.

Willem Coymans (1645)

Portrait of Joseph Coymans (1644)

Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art - Hartford. Visited in 2019.

Portrait of Joseph Coymans (1644)

Willem Croes, ca. (1662-66)

Original, The Pinakotheken - Munich. Visited 2019.

Portrait of Willem van Heythuysen (d.1650), ca. (1625)

Original, The Pinakotheken - Munich. Visited 2019.

Portrait of a Man, c. (1655-60)

Original, MAG - Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester. Visited in 2020.

Frans Hals - Frans Post, about (1655)

Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.

Frans Hals - Frans Post, about (1655)

Frans Hals and Studio - Portrait of a Fisherman Holding a Beer Keg

Original, Sotheby`s, New York. Visited in 2020.

Frans Hals and Studio - Portrait of a Fisherman Holding a Beer Keg

Frans Hals - Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman (1634)

Original, The Cleveland Museum of Art. Visited in 2020.

Frans Hals - Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman (1634)

Frans Hals, Pieter Cornelisz. van der Morsch, 1616

Original, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. Visited in 2020.

Frans Hals, Pieter Cornelisz. van der Morsch, 1616

Frans Hals, Pieter Cornelisz. van der Morsch, 1616