Art Archive

Frans Hals

Frans Hals is among the defining portraitists of the Dutch Golden Age, celebrated for lively likenesses of burghers, regents and drinkers rendered with loose, confident brushwork. His surviving output consists almost entirely of paintings, chiefly oil on canvas, with a smaller group executed on wood panel. The present selection gathers 13 of these works, spanning 1616 to 1650 and ranging from tavern scenes such as Young Man and Woman in an Inn to individual portraits of sitters including Petrus Scriverius and Paulus Verschuur.

13 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Frans Hals — Malle Babbe

· Oil on canvas

Frans Hals — Young Man and Woman in an Inn

Young Man and Woman in an Inn

1623 · Oil on canvas

Frans Hals — Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff

1625 · Oil on canvas

Frans Hals — Anna van der Aar

Anna van der Aar

1626 · Oil on wood

Frans Hals — Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660)

Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660)

1626 · Oil on wood

Frans Hals — Portrait of Paulus Verschuur

Portrait of Paulus Verschuur

1643 · Oil on canvas

Frans Hals — Merrymakers at Shrovetide

Merrymakers at Shrovetide

ca. 1616–17 · Oil on canvas

Frans Hals — The Smoker

ca. 1623–25 · Oil on wood

Frans Hals — Boy with a Lute

Boy with a Lute

ca. 1625 · Oil on canvas

Frans Hals — Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout

ca. 1636–38 · Oil on canvas

Frans Hals — Portrait of a Woman (ca. 1650, reworked probably 18th century)

Portrait of a Woman (ca. 1650, reworked probably 18th century)

ca. 1650, reworked probably 18th century · Oil on canvas

Frans Hals — Portrait of a Man (early 1650s)

Portrait of a Man (early 1650s)

early 1650s · Oil on canvas

Frans Hals — Self-Portrait (probably 1650s)

Self-Portrait (probably 1650s)

probably 1650s · Oil on wood