Noun
The neck or throat.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAt no time did anyone throw his cap in the air and rejoice that another painter, capable of equalling Hals at his best, had been discovered. Germaine Greer
Men melkt de koe door den hals. Dutch Proverb
According to the Haarlem archives, a schutterstuk that Hals started in Amsterdam was finished by Pieter Codde because Hals refused to paint in Amsterdam, insisting that the militiamen come to Haarlem to sit for their portraits. Source: Internet
Both men were painters of touch, but of touch on different keys Rembrandt was the bass, Hals the treble. Source: Internet
After his first wife died, Hals took on the young daughter of a fishmonger to look after his children and, in 1617, he married Lysbeth Reyniers. Source: Internet
Centuries later Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo: 'What a joy it is to see a Frans Hals, how different it is from the paintings – so many of them – where everything is carefully smoothed out in the same manner.' Source: Internet