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Artists›Frans Hals

Frans Hals

1582⚠–1666

WA-00016035

Antwerp, Belgium

PaintingBaroque

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

101

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ167654

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Ancestral Sources of Modern Painting

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

Field Verification (3 fields)

0 cross-verified · 3 single-source

BiographyWikipedia· 88%
Birth yearArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/frans-hals
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Baroque

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (34)

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The Smiling Cavalier

1914 · wood engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Lute Player

1909 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Gentleman

1650 · oil on canvas

overall: 114 x 85 cm (44 7/8 x 33 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Portrait of a Man

1650 · Oil on canvas

43 1/2 x 34 in. (110.5 x 86.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Frans Hals (1582/83–1666)

1650 · Oil on wood

12 7/8 x 11 in. (32.7 x 27.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Young Man

1646 · oil on canvas

overall: 68 x 55.4 cm (26 3/4 x 21 13/16 in.) framed: 103.2 x 91.4 x 14.6 cm (40 5/8 x 36 x 5 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Adriaen van Ostade

1646 · oil on canvas

overall: 94 × 75 cm (37 × 29 1/2 in.) framed: 119.06 × 99.22 × 9.53 cm (46 7/8 × 39 1/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Willem Coymans

1645 · oil on canvas

overall: 77 × 64 cm (30 5/16 × 25 3/16 in.) framed: 102.24 × 89.85 × 7.62 cm (40 1/4 × 35 3/8 × 3 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of an Artist

1644 · Oil on canvas

82.6 × 64.8 cm (32 1/2 × 25 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667)

1643 · Oil on canvas

46 3/4 x 37 in. (118.7 x 94 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Maritge Claesdr Vooght

1639 · canvas, oil paint (paint)

width: 115 cm, height: 148 cm, thickness: 7.5 cm, width: 93.2 cm, height: 126.4 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Woman, probably Aeltje Dircksdr. Pater

1638 · oil on canvas

Framed: 82 x 67 x 6.5 cm (32 5/16 x 26 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 66.5 x 52.3 cm (26 3/16 x 20 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man, possibly Nicolaes Hasselaer (1593-1635), Brewer and Captain-major of a Military Body in Amsterdam

1637 · canvas, oil paint (paint)

height: 79.5 cm, width: 66.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Duijfje van Gerwen (1618-1658)

1637 · oil paint (paint), canvas

height: 81.5 cm, width: 68 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard

1636 · oil on canvas

overall: 86 x 69 cm (33 7/8 x 27 3/16 in.) framed: 110.2 x 95.3 x 7.6 cm (43 3/8 x 37 1/2 x 3 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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

1636 · Oil on canvas

31 3/4 x 26 in. (80.6 x 66 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Feyntje van Steenkiste (1603/04-40)

1635 · oil paint (paint), canvas

depth: 9.5 cm, width: 91.5 cm, height: 121.9 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Lucas de Clercq (c. 1593-1652)

1635 · canvas, oil paint (paint)

height: 121.6 cm, width: 91.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a man

1634 · oil paint

overall: 63.5 x 53.5 cm (25 x 21 1/16 in.) framed: 92.4 x 81.3 x 9.2 cm (36 3/8 x 32 x 3 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman

1634 · oil paint

Framed: 139 x 109 x 5.5 cm (54 3/4 x 42 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 117 x 87 cm (46 1/16 x 34 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman Aged Sixty

1633 · oil on canvas

overall: 102.5 x 86.9 cm (40 3/8 x 34 3/16 in.) framed: 142.4 x 126.7 x 15.2 cm (56 1/16 x 49 7/8 x 6 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a woman

1627 · oil paint

39 3/8 x 32 1/4 in. (100 x 81.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Lady

1627 · Oil on canvas

86.5 × 70.7 cm (34 1/4 × 27 13/16 in.); Framed: 107 × 91.4 × 6.4 cm (42 1/8 × 36 × 2 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Young Man in a Large Hat

1626 · oil on panel

overall: 29.3 x 23.2 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/8 in.) framed: 46.7 x 40.6 x 5.7 cm (18 3/8 x 16 x 2 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (6)

34 published of 54 catalogued · 40 with image

The Met
13 published1 img
Nga
8 published8 img
Rijksmuseum
6 published6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published2 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
+ 1 more source · 20 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

23 entries · 2 sources

Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman
1634 · Cleveland · 6 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_numberWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
Portrait of a woman
1627 · Met · 5 prov
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Portrait of a man
1634 · Nga · 5 prov
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Portrait of a Man, possibly Nicolaes Hasselaer (1593-1635), Brewer and Captain-major of a Military Body in Amsterdam
1637 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of Duijfje van Gerwen (1618-1658)
1637 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of Feyntje van Steenkiste (1603/04-40)
1635 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of Lucas de Clercq (c. 1593-1652)
1635 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Lute Player
1909 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Marriage Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz Massa (1586-1643) and Beatrix van der Laen (1592-1639), married in Haarlem on 25 April 1622
1622 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Smiling Cavalier
1914 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

15 assets

Marriage Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz Massa (1586-1643) and Beatrix van der Laen (1592-1639), married in Haarlem on 25 April 1622 (c. 1622)

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Maritge Claesdr Vooght (1639)

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Duijfje van Gerwen (1618-1658) (c. 1637)

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Man, possibly Nicolaes Hasselaer (1593-1635), Brewer and Captain-major of a Military Body in Amsterdam (ca. 1637)

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Woman, probably Aeltje Dircksdr. Pater (1638)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Movements1

Baroque

Collections6

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Ancestral Sources of Modern Painting

New York · 1941