In October 1885 he wrote to Theo, “longing most of all for Rembrandt and Frans Hals, one day this week I’m going to the museum in Amsterdam”—referring to the newly reopened Rijksmuseum.

This image provided by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts shows Frans Hals, Girl Singing, c. 1628. (Frans Hals Museum and Mauritshuis, courtesy of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts via AP) ...

The Frans Hals Museum is a hofje and municipal museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. The museum was founded in 1862 in the newly renovated former cloister located in the back of the Haarlem city hall ...

Molly Quell, The Associated Press This image provided by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts shows Frans Hals, Girl Singing, c. 1628.

The Frans Hals Museum and the Mauritshuis jointly purchased "Boy Playing the Violin" and "Girl Singing" for $7.8 million. The museums will share the works, displaying them in Haarlem and The Hague ...

The paintings will be on display from mid-July at the Frans Hals Museum and will move to Mauritshuis in the fall. A joint custody agreement for artwork is not new to the Netherlands.