Frans Hals, (artist), Dutch, c. 1582/1583 - 1666, Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard, c. 1636/1638, oil on canvas, overall: 86 x 69 cm (33 7/8 x 27 3/16 in.), framed: x x cm (43 3/8 x 37 1/2 x 3 in.), Starting in 1568, seven provinces of the Netherlands broke away in revolt against Spanish rule, initiating a war for independence that lasted until 1648. In the early years of the conflict the militias (civic guard companies) of Haarlem in particular put up a heroic fight

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