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Frans Hals (1582/83–1666)

August 1, 2011

By Walter A. Liedtke

Hals’ portraits suggest friendliness, preoccupation, or reserve, without giving away much about the person.
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Frans Hals in the Metropolitan Museum

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Frans Hals: Style and Substance

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Metropolitan Museum Highlights Frans Hals Paintings from Collection in Exhibition on View Beginning July 26

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Frans Masereel: The First Woodcut Novelist

August 23, 2017

By Tamara Fultz

Associate Museum Librarian Tamara Fultz discusses the gorgeous woodcuts of Frans Masereel.
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Contribute to The Met's future by planning for a special gift, such as a bequest in your will or a trust that pays you income.
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Connections: Maps

January 24, 2011

By Melanie Holcomb

Medieval art curator Melanie Holcomb talks about how maps help her make sense of the world.
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Lydenburg Heads (ca. 500 A.D.)

October 1, 2000

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

For a variety of reasons it has been speculated that the heads were used in initiation rites, perhaps even worn.
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A Body in the Palm of Your Hand

January 22, 2015
"If you look up into his face, you'd be struck by the silver in his eyes."—Luke Syson, curator
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The Halls Are Decked at The Met Cloisters

December 14, 2017

By Christina Alphonso

Administrator Christina Alphonso gives visitors a tour of the Christmastide decorations adorning The Met Cloisters this holiday season.
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Young Man and Woman in an Inn

Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)

Date: 1623
Accession Number: 14.40.602

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Merrymakers at Shrovetide

Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)

Date: ca. 1616–17
Accession Number: 14.40.605

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Portrait of a Man

Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)

Date: early 1650s
Accession Number: 91.26.9

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Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout (born about 1600, died 1650)

Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)

Date: ca. 1636–38
Accession Number: 49.7.33

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The Smoker

Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)

Date: ca. 1623–25
Accession Number: 89.15.34

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Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667)

Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)

Date: 1643
Accession Number: 26.101.11

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Malle Babbe, after Frans Hals

Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart (French, Paris 1837–1880 Paris)

Date: 1871
Accession Number: 12.191.26

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Metropolitan Museum Highlights Frans Hals Paintings from Collection in Exhibition on View Beginning July 26

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds the most important collection of paintings in America by the celebrated Dutch artist Frans Hals (1582/83-1666), whose portraits and genre scenes were famous in his lifetime for their immediacy and dazzling brushwork. Frans Hals in the Metropolitan Museum—on view from July 26, through October 10, 2011—presents 13 paintings by Hals, including two lent from private collections, and several works by other Netherlandish masters.

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Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff

Frans Hals (Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83–1666 Haarlem)

Date: 1625
Accession Number: 49.7.34

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Frans Hals in the Metropolitan Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds the most important collection of paintings in America by the celebrated Dutch artist Frans Hals (1582/83-1666), whose portraits and genre scenes were famous in his lifetime for their immediacy and dazzling brushwork. Frans Hals in the Metropolitan Museum —on view from July 26, through October 10, 2011—will present 13 paintings by Hals, including two lent from private collections, and several works by other Netherlandish masters.