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Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch painter of Haarlem, one of the great portraitists of the Dutch Golden Age. Born in Antwerp, he was known for loose, rapid brushwork that gave his sitters a lively, spontaneous air, as in The Laughing Cavalier and his large group portraits of Haarlem civic guards and regents. Neglected after his death, he strongly influenced nineteenth-century realists and impressionists.
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