Frans Hals the Younger (1618, Haarlem – 1669, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography According to Houbraken he was the son of the painter Frans Hals and was like his brothers Harman and Jan, good at music and painting. Frans Hals Franszoon in Frans Hals Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature He was a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.
According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History he painted portraits and genre works, and spent most of his life in Haarlem. He influenced the painter Alexander Sanders. Still life paintings formerly attributed to him have since been attributed to other painters.Frans Hals (II) in the RKD A portrait formerly attributed to him is in the collection of the Bredius Museum.Portrait of a gentleman at the Bredius museum website
References
External links Frans Franszoon Hals on Artnet