Matthijs Harings

{{Short description|Dutch Golden Age portrait painter}}

File:Gysbert Japix portrait by Matthijs Harings.tif, 1646]]

Matthijs Harings (1593 in Leeuwarden – 1667 in Leeuwarden),{{cn|date=November 2023}} was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.

According to Arnold Houbraken, he was a good portrait painter who caught the expressions of his subjects well.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0339.htm Matthijs Harings Biography] in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature

According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, his portraits are sometimes confused with works by Wybrand de Geest.[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/36039 Matthijs Harings] in the RKD