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Frans Hals
The Merry Toper, oil on canvas by Frans Hals, c. 1628â30; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Frans Hals had a total of 10 children. Two of these children were born to his first wife, Annetje Harmensdochter Abeel, before her death in 1615. Following his marriage to his second wife, Lysbeth Reyniers, he had additional children, and notably, five of his eight sons went on to become painters.1