Frans Hals in the Metropolitan Museum July 31, 2011

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds the most important collection of paintings in America by the celebrated Dutch artist Frans Hals (1582/83-1666), whose portraits and genre scenes were famous in his lifetime for their immediacy and dazzling brushwork. 'Frans Hals in the Metropolitan Museum' will present 13 paintings by Hals, including two lent from private collections, and several works by other Netherlandish masters.