Frans HalsDutch, 1581–1666Tête d'enfant riant
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Tête d'enfant riant” now? Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris. Unknown.
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- MI 1273
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée du Louvre
- Image: Musée du Louvre — © 1985 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / RMN Agence photo
In the life of Frans Hals
The whole life1610
Joins the Guild of St Luke and becomes a restorer
In 1610 Hals becomes a member of the Haarlem Guild of St Luke and starts working as a restorer for the town council; from then on he is allowed to take on pupils.
1615
His first wife, Anneke, dies
In 1615, shortly after the birth of their third child, Anneke Harmensdochter dies; of the three children only Harmen survives infancy, and one dies before Hals's second marriage. Older stories of Hals abusing his first wife, as the biographer Seymour Slive has shown, concern another Haarlem resident of the same name: at the time of those charges Anneke was already dead.
February 1617
Spaarndam: the wedding to Lysbeth Reyniers
In February 1617 Hals marries Lysbeth Reyniers, with whom he will live for almost half a century. The wedding takes place in Spaarndam, and a few days later their daughter Sara is born.
1644
Chairman of the Guild of St Luke
In 1644 Hals becomes chairman of the Haarlem Guild of St Luke, thirty-four years after joining it.
1652
Sells his belongings to pay the baker
Creditors take Hals to court several times, and in 1652 he sells his belongings to settle a debt with a baker; the inventory of the seized property lists only three mattresses and bolsters, an armoire, a table and five pictures — by himself, his sons, Van Mander and Maarten van Heemskerck.
26 August 1666
Died
