Frans Hals from the Netherlands

 

"Twee lachende jongens" (detail) - c. 1628

 

"Luitspeler" (detail) - c. 1623

Frans Hals (c. 1582 - 1666) was a Dutch portrait painter, who practiced an intimate realism with a free approach. Many stamps depicting his masterpieces have been issued by the Netherlands. The one used on these two cards was issued in 2013 to celebrate the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem.