Reynier Hals (1627,

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– 1672,

), was a

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painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken, who did not mention him specifically as one of the sons 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 ...

, he was, like his brothers Harman, Frans II, and

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, good at music and painting.Reynier Hals in Frans Hals Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

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, courtesy of the

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According to the RKD he was the son of Frans Hals and his second wife, who when he grew up, appears to have moved to Amsterdam when he married in 1653. He married a second time in 1657 in The Hague, but is registered as living in Amsterdam the rest of his life.Reynier Hals
in the

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In 1659 he was a witness to the betrothal of the painter

Roelof Jansz van Vries Roelof van Vries (1631, Haarlem – 1681-1701, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to the RKD he is known for landscapes in the manner of more famous Haarlem landscapists such as Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hob ...

. He is known for genre works.

References

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on

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Woman peeling apples
painting in the collection of the

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at Geheugen van Nederland website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hals, Reynier 1627 births 1672 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Haarlem Reynier Sibling artists