Paintings By Frans Hals
Massa has been the subject of two portraits by Frans Hals – solo (1626) and with his wife, Beatrix Van Der Laen (1622); the latter is considered unique in composition for the period; the novel composition was probably Massa's own design. Massa owned a country house near Lisse, next to his brother-in-law, Adriaen Maertensz Block. He was the protector of Johannes Symonszoon van der Beeck, a painter from Haarlem.
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