Such a great painter, full of humanity.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I went yesterday and I was stunned. The video, good as it is, cannot show the skill of rendering the fabrics, the lace and the sitters' expressions. I love the casual and natural stances - they just don't appear "posed" and to see people smiling and laughing is so unusual for that era. When you consider how stiff and formal most portraiture was in that age, it's all the more remarkable. You feel you could brush the hair from their faces, cuddle the children, dance to the music and stroke the enviable folds of brocade and lace fabrics. I now want to visit the Frans Hals museum in Haarlem and I am very glad that the National Gallery put on this wonderful show. It made me very happy.

I’m really glad that you have shared this. I love the warmth in Hals portraits, not showy, but genuinely humane and unpretentious. Beautiful work.

We saw the Hals exhibit at the Rijksmuseum and absolutely loved it. I wasn't all that familiar with Hals compared to the other Dutch masters but after seeing his work I fell in love with it. His ability to capture the "inner person" in his subjects was amazing. And oh my, those smiles !!

A week ago, I realised the dirty, shabby, brass coal bucket I spotted in a skip, which had an inch of sticky, still wet black paint inside, is in fact, ' A mid 19c. Silver plated ice bucket, with two lionhead handles and an impressed image of a minstrel, playing a lute. If it wasn't for the net, and an image search under, ' minstrel playing a lute ', I doubt if many would have recognized it as a dedication to, The Lute Player, by Frans Hals. Am I impressed? Oh yeah, I don't know where this is taking me, but so far, I'm on a joyride. True treasure piece.

Truly one of the greats. The Laughing Cavalier alone is worth the trip. See it!

I'm still smiling. I have been an aspiring portrait painter since I was very small. Frans Hals was one of my first crushes. I remember trying to crawl into the encyclopedia to get a closer look at the Laughing Cavalier. I was smitten then at 8 years old and I am still smittened. I am off to look and see if I can find where this show will be exhibited in the US I have to see it! Then I will watch your video again. Thank you.. Thank you..

Perfect Video! Music is an excellent addition. Thank you so much.

Great video! I’m visiting the exhibition in Rijksmuseum tomorrow. I’m excited!

I missed it! But this review of show was wonderful. Will look for a few of the paintings at NG and perhaps even get to Wallace!

Thank you so much for your efforts in creating this magnificent video. I am going to see in May.

Thank you George for another splendid video. Look forward to the Frans H show

I remember seeing some of his paintings at the Rijksmuseum, very good.

Спасибо огромное вам! И музыка подобрана чудно!

Большое спасибо. Видео вполне позволяет представить и концепцию выставки, логику наполнения залов и главные шедевры, особая благодарность за съемку парных портретов. Всех благ Вам. Спасибо.

Great content! Thanks for sharing ❤

Many thanks.

Good video. Looking forward to visiting later this month. Visited the Haarlem house in my early teens some 65 years ago. Btw, showing my ignorance, what was the accompanying music, which loved?

You are excellent! I wish I could “like” this vid’ 1000 X!

Thank you

Great video thanks. Whats the music that is playing behind

Great video. What is the piece of music at 8.00 mins called?

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