Frans Hals the Younger
Frans Hals the Younger (1618, Haarlem – 1669, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography[]
According to Houbraken he was the son of the painter Frans Hals and was like his brothers Harman and Jan, good at music and painting.[1] He was a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.[1]
According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History he painted portraits and genre works, and spent most of his life in Haarlem. He influenced the painter . Still life paintings formerly attributed to him have since been attributed to other painters.[2] A portrait formerly attributed to him is in the collection of the Bredius Museum.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b (in Dutch) Frans Hals Franszoon in Frans Hals Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Frans Hals (II) in the RKD
- ^ Portrait of a gentleman Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine at the Bredius museum website
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- 1618 births
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- Dutch Golden Age painters
- Dutch male painters
- Artists from Haarlem
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