
The earliest known example of Hals' art is the portrait of Jacobus Zaffius (1611). It was in this cultural context that Hals began his career in portraiture, since the market had disappeared for religious themes.

The remaining art that was considered too "Roman Catholic" was sold to Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen, a fellow guild member, on the condition that he remove it from the city. However, the entire collection of paintings was not formally possessed by the city council until 1625, after the city fathers had decided which paintings were suitable for the city hall. The restoration work was paid for by the city of Haarlem, since all Catholic religious art had been confiscated after the satisfactie van Haarlem had been reversed in 1578, which had formerly given Catholics equal rights to Protestants. The most notable of these were the works of Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Jan van Scorel, and Jan Mostaert that hung in the St. He worked on their large art collection that Karel van Mander had described in his Schilderboeck ("Painter's Book") published in Haarlem in 1604. In 1610, Hals became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke, and he started to earn money as an art restorer for the city council. Hals studied under Flemish émigré Karel van Mander, whose Mannerist influence, however, is barely noticeable in Hals' work. Like many, Hals' parents fled during the Fall of Antwerp (1584–1585) from the Spanish Netherlands to Haarlem, where he lived for the remainder of his life. Hals was born in 1582 or 1583 in Antwerp as the son of cloth merchant Franchois Fransz Hals van Mechelen (c.1542–1610) and his second wife Adriaentje van Geertenryck. Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group portraiture. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and he helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. 1582 – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter who lived and worked in Haarlem. Two laughing young men, one with beer mugįine Art Prints | Greeting Cards | iPhone Cases | Tote Bags | Clothing | Lifestyle | Beach. Portrait of a seated man with slanted hat Portrait of a young man in the yellow- gray skirt Portrait of a sitting, some sixty year old woman Portrait of a woman with lace collar and hood Mistresses of old women Hospitz in Haarlem Regents of the St Elizabeth hospice of Haarlem Portrait of a Seated Woman (presumedly Maria Vernatti) Regents of the St Elizabeth Hospital of Haarlem Officers and Sergeants of the St George Civic Guard Company Officers and Sergeants of the St Hadrian Civic Guard The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Companyīanquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard Company Portrait of Willem van Heythuysen seated on a Chair and holding a hunting Crop Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout

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