(c.1580–1666), Dutch portrait and genre painter. He endowed his portraits with vitality, departing from conventional portraiture with works such as The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company (1616) and The Laughing Cavalier (1624).
Definition of Hals, Frans in US English:
Hals, Frans
proper nounhälz
(c.1580–1666), Dutch portrait and genre painter. He endowed his portraits with vitality and humor. Notable works: The Banquet of the Officers of the St. George Militia Company (1616) and The Laughing Cavalier (1624).