HALS, Nicolaes
(b. 1628, Haarlem, d. 1686, Haarlem)

Biography

Five of Frans Hals's sons were painters: Harmen Hals, Frans Hals the Younger (1618-1669) and Reynier Hals (1627-1671) were all genre painters, while Nicolaes [Claes] Hals specialized in landscape printing, and Johannes [Jan] Hals (fl 1635-74) painted portraits, genre and history subjects.