• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• According to Houbraken he was the son of the painter Frans Hals and his second wife, Lysbeth Reyniersdr.
• He was a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.
• According to the
RKD Jan Hals was the half-brother of Harmen and Frans II, and the full brother of Reynier and Nicolaes.
• He married in 1648 but his wife died only 6 months later.
• He married a second time to Sara Gerritsdr in 1649, but they appear to both be dead by 1654, when two sons are sent to the orphanage.
• He had two children, Jan Jansz and Klaas.
• Houbraken claimed the son who was still alive (at the time he was writing, c. 1704-1710) had emigrated to the East Indies where he lived with a mestizo whom he married for her money, in a house filled with paintings "in the Dutch manner".
• He is known for portraits and scenes of daily life.
