Hals’s groups all have a spatial rhythm and balance. Their suppositions now are not outrageous. Proposed reconstruction of The Van Campen Family in a Landscape , c. 1623–25, by Frans Hals.

Frans Hals is the latest 17th century Dutch master to feature in a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, following recent showings of the art of Rembrandt and Vermeer.

Frans Hals is one of art history’s most recognizable names, and painter of some of its most recognizable faces.One characteristic of Hals’ work which has set him apart from his contemporaries ...

But a major exhibition argues that Frans Hals is an old master on par with Rembrandt and Vermeer. ... Théophile Thoré-Burger, is credited with causing a resurgence of interest in Hals’s work.

Frans Hals, “The Lute Player” (before 1623–24), ... This is as close as we can get to the sensation of seeing Hals at work.” Installation view of Frans Hals at the National Gallery, London.

Frans Hals painted him twice. ... As an artist who worked principally to commission, it is odd to think he would never have seen his own work gathered like this, ...

If you are looking for more, the Rijksmuseum’s curator of 17th-century Dutch painting Friso Lammertse has picked five key books about the life and work of Frans Hals. Frans Hals's The Lute ...

The new retrospective of the Dutch painter Frans Hals at the National Gallery in London—the first major exhibition of his work since 1989—is a slightly nervous event for the most talented one ...

Elizabeth Taylor had fabulous taste in jewelry, as Christie’s upcoming sales of material from her estate attests. A few of the paintings she owned were also gems — including a powerful Old ...

A work thought to be by Dutch artist Frans Hals that sold for a reported £8.5m ($10.8m) has been declared fake. Sotheby's said it had "rescinded the sale and reimbursed the client in full" after ...

A work thought to be by Dutch artist Frans Hals that sold for a reported £8.5m ($10.8m) has been declared fake. Sotheby's said it had "rescinded the sale and reimbursed the client in full" after ...