Frans Hals (1582–1666) was a Dutch artist who was well known for his portraiture and genre paintings. He was born in Antwerp, Belgium, but during the Fall of Antwerp his family fled to Haarlem, Netherlands. Hals would remain in Haarlem for the rest of his life and went on to have a large family with several children. He became a successful painter whose style was characterized by his bold, sophisticated brushwork and use of color. His paintings would later inspire and influence several 19th century artists, including Édouard Manet, John Singer Sargent, and Claude Monet.
Paintings by Frans Hals in Chronological Order:
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| Jacobus Zaffius, 1611 | Portrait of a woman, c.1611 | Portrait of a Man Holding a Skull, 1612 |
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| Shrovetide Revellers (The Merry Company), c.1615 | A Banquet of the Officers of the St. George Militia Company, 1616 | Pieter Cornelisz. Van der Morsch, 1616 |
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| Portrait of a Man, 1612-1616 | Portrait of Theodorus Schrevelius, 1617 | Catarina Both van der Eem, c.1619-c.1620 |
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| Catharina Hooft with her Nurse, c.1619-c.1620 | Family Group in a Landscape, c.1620 | Group of Children (detail), c.1620 |
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| Paulus van Beresteyn, c.1619-c.1620 | The Rommel Pot Player, c.1618-c.1620 | Married Couple in a Garden (detail), c.1622 |
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| Married Couple in a Garden (detail), c.1622 | Portrait of a Man, 1622 | Singing Boy with a Flute, 1623 |
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| Young Man and Woman in an Inn (Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart), 1623 | Portrait of a Jester with a Lute, c.1623-c.1624 | The Laughing Cavalier , 1624 |
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| Boy with a Lute, c.1625 | Laughing boy, c.1625 | Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff, 1625 |
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| Portrait of Aletta Hanemans, 1625 | St. Luke, c.1625 | Two Boys Singing, c.1625 |
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| Willem Van Heythuyzen, c.1625 | Anna van der Aar, 1626 | Petrus Scriverius, 1626 |
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| Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz Massa, 1626 | Banquet of the Officers of the St. George Civic Guard Company (detail), c.1627 | Mulatto, 1627 |
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| Portrait of a Man, c.1627 | Two laughing boys with a beer mug, c.1626-c.1627 | Verdonck, 1627 |
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| Boy holding a Flute (Hearing), 1626-1628 | Drinking Boy (Taste), 1626-1628 | A Young Man in a Large Hat, 1626-1629 |
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| Portrait of a woman, known as The Gipsy girl, 1629 | A Boy with a Viol, 1625-1630 | A Kitchen Interior with a Maid and a Lady Preparing Game, 1625-1630 |
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| Fruit and Vegetable Seller, 1630 | Portrait of a Man, 1630 | Portrait of Samuel Ampzing, c.1630 |
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| The Merry Drinker, 1628-1630 | Nicolaes Woutersz van der Meer, 1631 | Fisher Boy, 1630-1632 |
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| Fisher Girl, 1630-1632 | Man with hand on heart, 1632 | Pieter van den Broecke, 1633 |
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| Portrait of a Man, 1633 | Portrait of a Man, 1633 | Portrait of a woman, 1633 |
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| Portrait of a woman, 1630-1633 | Portrait of a Man, c.1634 | Portrait of a Man, 1634 |
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| Portrait of an Unknown Man, 1634 | Family portrait, c.1635 | Feyntje van Steenkiste, c.1635 |
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| Malle Babbe, 1633-1635 | Portait of a woman, 1635 | Portrait of a Man, c.1635 |
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| Portrait of a man, possibly Nicolaes Hasselaer, 1630-1635 | Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz, 1635 | Portrait of a seated officer, 1637 |
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| The company of Captain Reinier Reael and Lieutenant Cornelis Michielsz. Blaeuw, known as the ‘Meagre Company’, 1633-1637 | Captain Andries van Hoorn, 1638 | Maria Pietersdochter Olycan, 1638 |
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| Portrait of a forty year old woman with folded hands, 1638 | Portrait of a Man, 1638 | Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard, c.1636-c.1638 |
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| Portrait of a Woman, 1638 | Portrait of Jean de la Chambre at the age of 33, 1638 | Portrait of Mary Pietersdr. Olycan, c.1638 |
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| Officers And Sergeants Of The St. Hadrian Civic Guard, 1639 | Daniel van Aken Playing the Violin, c.1640 | Portrait of a Man, c.1640 |
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| Portrait of a woman, c.1640 | Portrait of a Woman with a Fan, 1640 | Portrait of a young man, c.1638-c.1640 |
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| Portrait of a Young Man with a Glove, c.1640 | Regents of the St. Elisabeth’s Hospital, Haarlem, 1641 | A Dutch Lady, 1643 |
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| Peeckelhaering (The Jolly Reveller), 1640-1643 | Portrait of a Man, 1643 | Portrait of an unknown woman, 1643 |
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| Portrait of Paulus Verschuur, 1643 | Dorothea Berck, 1644 | Joseph Coymans, 1644 |
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| Portrait of a Man, 1644 | Portrait of a woman, 1644 | Portrait of a Man holding Gloves, c.1645 |
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| Portrait of a Seated Man, c.1645 | Portrait of a Standing Man, 1643-1645 | Portrait of Jasper Schade van Westrum, 1645 |
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| Portrait of Willem Coymans, 1645 | Adriaen van Ostade, 1648 | Family Group in a Landscape, c.1648 |
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| Portrait of a Young Man, 1646-1648 | Portrait of Rene Descartes, c.1649 | Family Group in a Landscape, c.1647-c.1650 |
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| Portrait Of A Man, 1650 | Portrait of a man, 1648-1650 | Portrait of a Seated Woman, 1648-1650 |
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| Portrait of a Seated Woman Holding a Fan, 1648-1650 | Portrait of a woman, c.1650 | The painter Jan Asselyn, 1650 |
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| Isabella Coymans, c.1650-c.1652 | Portrait of a woman, 1652 | Portrait of a Man, 1650-1653 |
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| Portrait of a Man, 1654 | Frans Post, c.1655 | Portrait of a Man, c.1650-c.1655 |
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| Portrait of a Young Woman, 1655 | Portrait of Tyman Oosdorp, 1656 | Herman Langelius, c.1660 |
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| Portrait of a Man, c.1660 | Portrait of a Man, possibly a minister, c.1660 | Portrait of a Preacher, c.1658-c.1660 |
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| Portrait of a young man, c.1655-c.1660 | Portrait of a young woman, c.1655-c.1660 | Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne., c.1655-c.1660 |
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| Portrait of an Unknown Man, 1660-1663 | The Regentesses of the Old Men’s Almhouse, Haarlem, 1664 | Portrait of a Seated Man, 1660-1666 |
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| Portrait of a Seated Woman, 1660-1666 | Portrait of Willem Croes, c.1660-c.1666 | An Old Lady |
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| Boy Playing A Violin | Fisher boy | Johannes Hoornbeek |
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| Lesender Knabe | Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen | Peasants At A Wedding Feast |
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| Portrait of a woman | Portrait of a woman | Portrait of Stephanus Geeraerdts, Alderman of Haarlem |
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| The Laughing Child | The Rommel Pot Player | Three childeren with a goat cart |