Frans Hals

Frans Hals was a leading portrait painter of the Dutch Golden Age, celebrated for his loose, almost impressionistic brushwork that brought an unprecedented vitality to his subjects. He painted everyone from wealthy burghers to jolly peasants, capturing their fleeting expressions with a dexterity that made many later artists, including Van Gogh and Manet, sing his praises. His work is pretty much universally adored, even if the