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Frans Hals

1582 - 1666

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Frans Hals the Elder (UK: , US: ; Dutch: [frɑns ˈɦɑls]; c. 1582 – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worship but citizens liked to decorate their homes with works of art. Hals was highly sought after by wealthy burgher commissioners of individual, married-couple, family, and institutional-group portraits. He also painted tronies for the general market. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frans Hals is the 71st most popular painter (down from 66th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 18th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Painter.

Frans Hals is most famous for his portraits of wealthy Dutch citizens.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frans Hals ranks 71 out of 2,023. Before him are J. M. W. Turner, Andrea Mantegna, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Théodore Géricault, Francisco de Zurbarán, and Ilya Repin. After him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Henri Rousseau, Pietro Perugino, Rogier van der Weyden, Alfred Sisley, and Gustave Doré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1582, Frans Hals ranks 1. After him are George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Gregorio Allegri, Taichang Emperor, Giovanni Lanfranco, Dmitry of Uglich, Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Şehzade Mahmud, Magdalene of Brandenburg, Bartolomeo Manfredi, John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, and Stephen Pongracz. Among people deceased in 1666, Frans Hals ranks 2. Before him is Anne of Austria. After him are Shah Jahan, Abbas II of Persia, Guercino, François Mansart, Luisa de Guzmán, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Song Yingxing, and Senhime.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Frans Hals ranks 20 out of 1,190. Before him are René Magritte (1898), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908), Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Orlande de Lassus (1534), Carlota of Mexico (1840), and Guillaume Du Fay (1397). After him are Mary of Burgundy (1457), Georges Simenon (1903), Auguste Beernaert (1829), Rogier van der Weyden (1390), Albert II of Belgium (1934), and Philippe of Belgium (1960).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Frans Hals ranks 4. Before him are Jan van Eyck (1395), Anthony van Dyck (1599), and René Magritte (1898). After him are Rogier van der Weyden (1390), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Jacob Jordaens (1593), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), Quentin Matsys (1466), and Hubert van Eyck (1366).

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