Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582–1666)

Frans Hals married his first wife, Anneke Harmensdochter, around 1610; she died in 1615.¹

Frans Hals's earliest known work is the portrait of Jacobus Zaffius, dated 1611.¹

Frans Hals achieved a breakthrough with the life-sized group portrait 'The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company' in 1616.¹

Frans Hals remarried Lysbeth Reyniers in 1617 and they had eight children.¹

Frans Hals painted a portrait of René Descartes in 1649.¹