Cover -- Table Of Contents -- Foreword -- Marrigje Rikken -- Frans Hals: A Survey Of Current Research -- Norbert E. Middelkoop -- Iconography -- 1. The Religion(s) Of Frans Hals -- Frans Grijzenhout -- 2. Peeckelhaering And The Performance Of Race -- Christopher D.m. Atkins -- 3. Painted Stitches: Embroidery And The Paintings Of Frans Hals -- Marike Van Roon -- 4. More Than Decoration: The Map In Frans Hals's Regents Of St Elisabeth's Hospital* -- Liesbeth Abraham And Koos Levy-van Halm -- 5. Willem Or Balthasar? The Portrait Of A Member Of The Coymans Family By Frans Hals Reconsidered -- Pieter Biesboer -- 6. Frans Hals's Portraits Of Painters: A Reconnaissance -- Norbert E. Middelkoop -- Technique -- 7. A Box Full Of Research: Early Twentieth-century Documentation On The Scientific Investigation And Restoration Of The Eight Group Portraits By Frans Hals* -- Mireille Te Marvelde, Liesbeth Abraham, Herman Van Putten, And Michiel Franken -- 8. The New York Malle Babbe: Original, Studio Work, Or Forgery? -- Anna Tummers, Arie Wallert, Robert G. Erdmann, Katja Kleinert, Babette Hartwieg, Dorothy Mahon, Silvia Centeno, Roger Groves, Andrei Anisimov, And Joris Dik -- 9. Looking At Frans Hals In The Digital Age: The Benefits Of Detailed Comparisons -- Claus Grimm -- 10. Lost Lines: New Light On The Painting Technique Of Frans Hals -- Herman Van Putten, Liesbeth Abraham And Mireille Te Marvelde -- 11. Unfinished Business? Comparing Hals's Late Regents And Regentesses -- Liesbeth Abraham -- Reputation -- 12. From A Parisian Dining Room To A German Private Museum: Frans Hals In The Collections Of Count André Mniszech And Marcus Kappel -- Emilie Den Tonkelaar -- 13. 'because You Simply Cannot Argue About Art With A Chemist': Scientific Research On Frans Hals's Paintings In The Netherlands During The 1920s -- Michiel Franken. 14. Frans Hals Connoisseurs And Exhibitions: From Thoré To Today -- John Bezold -- Bibliography -- Index On Persons' Names -- Index On Locations And Orga