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Dirck Hals

1591 - 1656

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Dirck Hals (19 March 1591 – 17 May 1656), born at Haarlem, was a Dutch Golden Age painter of merry company scenes, festivals and ballroom scenes. He played a role in the development of these types of genre painting. He was somewhat influenced by his elder brother Frans Hals, but painted few portraits. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dirck Hals is the 1,025th most popular painter (down from 944th in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 394th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Dirck Hals ranks 1,025 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, Otto Freundlich, László Mednyánszky, Louis Marcoussis, Xu Beihong, and Hans Thoma. After him are Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Stradanus, Francesc Ribalta, Allan Kaprow, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, and Xu Wei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1591, Dirck Hals ranks 17. Before him are Isabella of Savoy, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Olimpia Maidalchini, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Andrew Bobola, and Friedrich Spee. After him are Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, Johann von Werth, George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Anne Hutchinson, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, and Robert Herrick. Among people deceased in 1656, Dirck Hals ranks 12. Before him are James Ussher, Francisco Herrera the Elder, Ottavio Piccolomini, Thomas Fincke, Laurent de La Hyre, and Andrea Falconieri. After him are Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Massimo Stanzione, Carlo Contarini, Roberto de Nobili, Georg Calixtus, and Francesco Cornaro.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dirck Hals ranks 437 out of 1,646. Before him are Adriaen Coorte (1665), George Hendrik Breitner (1857), Pim Verbeek (1956), Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Rinus Israël (1942), and Jan Dirksz Both (1618). After him are Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Johannes Kleiman (1896), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Nicolaes Witsen (1641), Aldo van Eyck (1918), and Thomas de Keyser (1596).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Dirck Hals ranks 96. Before him are Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821), Jan van Huysum (1682), Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636), Adriaen Coorte (1665), George Hendrik Breitner (1857), and Jan Dirksz Both (1618). After him are Thomas de Keyser (1596), Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Anthon van Rappard (1858), Caspar van Wittel (1653), Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566), and Frans Post (1612).

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