Harmen Hals
Illustration — Portrait of a man, previously called Harmen Hals, aged 32 in 1633 Herman, or Harmen Hals (1611, Haarlem – 1669, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Also recorded as Harmen Hals de Jongen · Herman Hals · Harmanns Hals · Harmen Hals den Jongen
Harmen Hals
Follower of Frans Hals · The Art Institute of Chicago · Public domain
- Born
- 1611 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1669 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- Merry Company
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Portrait of a man, previously called Harmen Hals, aged 32 in 1633 Herman, or Harmen Hals (1611, Haarlem – 1669, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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• Illustration — A farm wedding According to Houbraken he was the son of the painter Frans Hals and was like his brothers Jan and Frans II, good at music and painting. He was a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History he was the oldest son of Frans Hals, and spent most of his life in Haarlem, but is registered in Vianen from 1642–45, and in Amsterdam in 1645. Works previously attributed to Adriaen Brouwer, another pupil of his father's, have since been attributed to him.
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1611
Harmen Hals born at Haarlem.
1669
Harmen Hals died at Haarlem.
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scholarly publication
- Harmen Hals te Vianen, Oud Holland - Quarterly for Dutch Art History, 1935
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5659093: Harmen Hals
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His recorded language was Dutch. He was the child of Frans Hals and Anneke Hermansz.
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