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The following is the list of 222 paintings indexed as autograph by Frans Hals, written by the art historian and Hals specialist Seymour Slive in 1974. The list is by catalog number and more or less in order of creation, starting from around 1610 when Frans Hals began painting on his own. Most of these are still considered autograph, but in the intervening half-century since this work began, several others have been added to the list, including a few from Slive's "L" list of 20 lost paintings and a few from his "D" list of 81 doubtful attributions. In addition to these 101 rejections, Slive occasionally mentions other engravings and paintings in various catalog entries, including as much provenance as possible, which has enabled scholars to make a few attributions based on those as well. The entire number of paintings referenced in the Slive 1974 catalog, whether by catalog entry, illustration, or publication reference, is over 400. The autograph catalog entries are: