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Frans Hals
Arts, Music & MediaWho is Frans Hals in the Agency editorial?
Frans Hals was a Dutch painter of the 17th century, a portraitist who worked in Haarlem. Research.1, an edition published only in Portuguese, names him once, in the credit of an image: the portrait of René Descartes that the edition shows is attributed to Frans Hals or his school.
In short
Frans Hals was a Dutch painter of the 17th century, known for his portraits. In the Agency editorial he appears only in Research.1, the edition about permeability, which exists only in Portuguese. He is not named in the author's prose. His name is in the credit of an image placed in the introduction: the original work is a portrait of René Descartes, attributed to Frans Hals or his school, dated by the credit to around 1649 to 1700, oil on canvas, in the Louvre Museum. The credit adds that the visual intervention and the text on the image are by Thiago Patriota.
Key facts
- Who was Frans Hals?
- A Dutch painter of the 17th century who worked in Haarlem and is known for his portraits. He died in 1666.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Frans Hals?
- Only in Research.1, published only in Portuguese, in the credit of the image that shows a portrait of René Descartes.
- What does Research.1 say about him?
- Only that the portrait of René Descartes used in the edition is attributed to Frans Hals or his school. The edition says nothing about the painter himself.
Who was Frans Hals?
Frans Hals was a Dutch painter of the 17th century, the period known as the Dutch Golden Age. He worked in Haarlem, painted mainly portraits and died in 1666. These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Frans Hals appear in Research.1?
Research.1 opens its introduction with the principle formulated by René Descartes and, right after that paragraph, shows an image based on a portrait of the philosopher. The credit of the image says that the original work is a portrait of René Descartes attributed to Frans Hals or his school, from around 1649 to 1700, oil on canvas, held by the Louvre Museum and in the public domain, and that the visual intervention and the text are by Thiago Patriota. This credit is the only place where the edition names Hals.
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