found: Slive, S. Frans Hals, 1989:p. 373 (Dirck Hals; genre painter, brother of Frans Hals; baptized 3/19/1591 Haarlem, d. 5/17/1656 Haarlem)
found: Haak, B. The golden age Dutch painters of the 17th cent., 1984p. 529 (Hals, Dirck; b. Haarlem 1591, d. Haarlem 1656) p. 234 (pupil of younger brother Frans Hals, painter of merry companies in interiors and parklike surroundings)
found: Bernt, W. The Netherlandish pts. of the 17th cent., 1969:v. 1, p. 49 (Hals, Dirck; genre painter, brother of Frans Hals; b. Haarlem 1591, d. Haarlem 1656)
