Frans Hals (c. 1580 - August 26, 1666) was a Dutch painter during the Dutch Golden Age. As a portrait painter, considered by some as second in Holland only to Rembrandt, he displayed extraordinary talent and quickness in his art. Wikipedia
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Web Gallery of Art, image collection, virtual museum and searchable database of European fine arts (painting, sculpture) of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism and Romanticism periods (1100-1850), containing over 18.400 reproductions. Biograph www.wga.hu/index1.html
