Coleção: Frans Hals

Frans Hals the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age painter, usually of portraits, who lived and worked in Haarlem. Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group portraiture. He is known for his loose painterly brushwork.

Born: 1582, Antwerp, Belgium
Died: August 26, 1666, Haarlem, Netherlands
On view: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Frans Hals Museum
Periods: Baroque, Dutch Golden Age
Nationality: Dutch