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Mauritshuis
Boy playing a violin

Boy playing a violin, Frans Hals, 1628

Frans Hals, portrait

Frans HalsDutch, 1581–1666

Boy playing a violin

1628 · Painting · 18.4 × 18.8 cm

May one see it?

Unknown

The Hague, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since: Sep 29, 2026
Source: The museum

On the map Museum page

Particulars

1628 · aged 47

15811666

Accession number: L2020.6.15

In the catalog

Paintings Dutch painting Baroque 17th century

Sources

Wikidata
Image: Mauritshuis — Frans Hals · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Meanwhile, in the life of Frans Hals

1617–1666 · Workplace
Haarlem
1618–1626
The chamber of rhetoric “The Vine Branches”
From 1618 to 1626 Hals is a member of Haarlem's chamber of rhetoric, the literary society “The Vine Branches” (De Wijngaertranken).
1620–1630
More commissioned portraits and new pupils
Between 1620 and 1630 Hals paints more and more commissioned portraits and takes on pupils, probably including Philips Wouwerman.
1626
Pupil: Adriaen van Ostade
1627
Son born: Reynier Hals
1628
Son born: Nicolaes Hals

More by Frans Hals

Merrymakers at Shrovetide, Frans Hals, ca. 1616–17

Merrymakers at Shrovetide

ca. 1616–17 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

De vrolijke drinker, Frans Hals, c. 1628 - c. 1630

A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’

c. 1628 - c. 1630 · Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Duijfje van Gerwen (1618-1658), Frans Hals, c. 1637

Portrait of Duijfje van Gerwen (1618-1658)

c. 1637 · Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Jan van de Poll (1597-1678), Frans Hals, c. 1637

Portrait of Jan van de Poll (1597-1678)

c. 1637 · Rijksmuseum

Barbara Claes (died 1663, called “Malle Babbe”), Frans Hals

Barbara Claes (died 1663, called “Malle Babbe”)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait de Catarina Both van der Eem (1589-1666), troisième épouse de Paulus van Beresteyn, Hals, Frans, 1e quart du XVIIe siècle (1619 - 1620)

Portrait de Catarina Both van der Eem (1589-1666), troisième épouse de Paulus van Beresteyn

first quarter of the 17th century (1619–1620) · Musée du Louvre

Paulus Van Beresteyn, homme de loi à Haarlem, 1619 ou 1620 (?), Hals, Frans, 1e quart du XVIIe siècle (vers 1619 - 1620)

Paulus Van Beresteyn, homme de loi à Haarlem, 1619 ou 1620 (?)

first quarter of the 17th century (c. 1619–1620) · Musée du Louvre

Young Man and Woman in an Inn, Frans Hals, 1623

Young Man and Woman in an Inn

1623 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

From the collection of Mauritshuis

Portrait of a Nobleman, possibly Adriaan van der Borcht, Anthony van Dyck, 1634 - c. 1635

Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of a Nobleman, possibly Adriaan van der Borcht, 1634 - c. 1635

Self-portrait, Rembrandt, 1669

Rembrandt van Rijn

Self-portrait, 1669

Portrait of an old man, Rembrandt, 1667

Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of an old man, 1667

Homer, Rembrandt, 1663

Rembrandt van Rijn

Homer, 1663

Two African men, Rembrandt, 1661

Rembrandt van Rijn

Two African men, 1661

Praying Woman, Rembrandt, 1660s

Rembrandt van Rijn

Praying Woman, 1660s

Saul and David, Rembrandt, 1650

Rembrandt van Rijn

Saul and David, 1650

Portrait of an older man, Rembrandt, 1650

Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of an older man, 1650