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Matthijs Harings

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Portrait ofGysbert Japiks,1646

Matthijs Harings(1593 inLeeuwarden– 1667 in Leeuwarden),[citation needed]was aDutch Golden Ageportrait painter.

According toArnold Houbraken,he was a goodportrait painterwho caught theexpressionsof his subjects well.[1] According to theNetherlands Institute for Art History,his portraits are sometimes confused with works byWybrand de Geest.[2]

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  1. ^(in Dutch)Matthijs Harings BiographyinDe groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen(1718) byArnold Houbraken,courtesy of theDigital library for Dutch literature
  2. ^Matthijs Haringsin theRKD