'''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.

Biography

Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp. In 1585, after Antwerp fell to Spain in the Eighty Ye...(continue reading)