Regents of the Old Men’s Alms House at Haarlem

works by Hals

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In Frans Hals: Later life and works of Frans Hals
…two celebrated portraits of the Regents of the Old Men’s Alms House at Haarlem (both 1664), one a group of old men and the other of old women, each group is shown with an individual in charge of the day-to-day operation of the almshouse. Interpretations of these paintings have varied…
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