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Nicolaes Hals (1628,
Haarlem
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– 1686,
Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...
), was a
Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...
painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken who mistakenly mentioned him as one of the grandsons of the painter
Frans Hals
Frans Hals the Elder (, , ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, chiefly of individual and group portraits and of genre works, who lived and worked in Haarlem.
Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group ...
by his son Jan, he was like his brothers
Harman,
Frans II, and Jan, good at music and painting.
[Klaas Hals Janszoon in Frans Hals Biography]
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Life
Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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According to the RKD he was the son of Frans Hals and his second wife, who, when he grew up, painted landscapes and architectural scenes in addition to portraits.
[Nicolaes Hals]
in the RKD
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The age gap between Nicolaes and his older halfbrother Harmen is probably the reason that Houbraken called him a grandson. In 1655 he married a rich widow from
Haaksbergen
Haaksbergen () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the Twente region.
The ''Buurserbeek'' flows through the municipality of Haaksbergen.
Population centres
Topography
''Dutch Topograph ...
, but they did not have any children.
[ His works are sometimes confused with those of ]Nicolaes Molenaer
Nicolaes (Klaes) Molenaer (1626-1629 in Haarlem – 1676 in Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter and Drawing, draughtsman.
Biography
Molenaer was born and died in Haarlem in the family of tailor Jan Mienssen Molenaer and his second ...
.[ He was a pupil of his father together with ]Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten
Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten (21 April 1630 – 10 July 1700) was a Dutch painter of still lifes, in particular floral and vanitas still lifes. He also painted genre scenes and portraits. After starting his career in Haarlem, he worked mo ...
, who married his sister. He was also familiar with his cousin Anthony, the son of his uncle Dirck Hals
Dirck Hals (19 March 1591 – 17 May 1656), born at Haarlem, was a Dutch Golden Age painter of merry company scenes, festivals and ballroom scenes. He played a role in the development of these types of genre painting. He was somewhat influe ...
.
File:Nicolaes Hals - Haarlem in the Grote Houtstraat looking north towards the Grote Kerk FHM OS-I-123.jpg, Haarlem in the Grote Houtstraat
The Grote Houtstraat is a shopping street in Haarlem that connects the Grote Markt to the Houtplein in the direction of the Haarlemmerhout woods.
History
The street runs along one of two old parallel roads running through the city on either side ...
looking north towards the Grote Kerk
References
External links
Nicolaes Hals
on Artnet
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1628 births
1686 deaths
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
Artists from Haarlem
Nicolaes Nicolaes is a given name that is spelled Nicolaas in modern Dutch.
Notable people
* Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620–1683), Dutch Golden Age painter
* Nicolaes Boddingius (1605–1669), Dutch schoolmaster, writer and minister
*Nicolaes Borrem ...
Sibling artists