Hals

[ hahls ]

noun

1. Frans [f, r, ah, n, s], 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.

Hals

/ hɑls /

noun

1. HalsFrans15801666MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Frans (frɑns). ? 1580–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter: his works include The Laughing Cavalier (1624)

Example Sentences

Ezra, good soul, had lived at Snug Haven ever since Hals birth, less as a servant than as a member of the household.

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The man himself lives for us on the wonderful canvas of Franz Hals in the gallery of the Louvre.

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They are marvellous portraits; they are as smooth as a Vermeer, as definite as a Hals; as brooding and moving as a Rembrandt.

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No painter since Hals and Velasquez thought so much of placing his figure on the canvas inside the frame.

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He felt far more enthusiasm for the then recently resuscitated popularity of Velasquez and Hals.

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