Frans Hals
Antwerp 1582/83 – 1666 Haarlem
Portrait of a Man, Half-Length in Black, Wearing a Broad-Brimmed Black Hat and a White Ruff, Holding his Gloves in his Left Hand, within a Feigned Oval
Signed and dated: AETAT SVAE 50 / AN° 1635 / FH
Oil on canvas
87.5 x 68.5 cm.
Provenance:
Sale Amsterdam, Philippus van der Schley et al., 21 June 1797, lot 90 (with pendant, lot 91, together to Amman for fl. 20)
Leipzig, collection Johann Caspar Lampe (1766-1817) (with pendant)
His sale, Leipzig, 17 May 1819, lot 35 (with pendant, lot 36)
Kassel, Akademie (with pendant)
Vienna, collection Josef, Ritter Lippmann von Lissingen (1827-1900), by 1872(with pendant)
His sale, Paris, Drouot (Pillet/Féral), 16 March 1876, lot 21, for fr. 12,100 (with pendant, lot 22)
Antwerp, collection Édouard Kums (1811-1891), 1883 (with pendant)
Paris, Charles Sedelmeyer, before/in 1898
Paris, collection Maurice Kann (1839-1906), before/in 1898
Paris / New York, F. Kleinberger Galleries, 1911
New York, art trade Scott & Fowles, by 1914
Sale New York, American Art Association (Fowles Estate), 17 January 1922, lot 16
New York, collection Lionel F. Straus
Sale New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries (Straus Estate), 11 March 1953, lot 9,
where acquired by
New York, Nicholas M. Acquavella Galleries, from whom acquired by
New York (?), collection Mr and Mrs John J. Hyland
Thence by descent to the previous owners
Literature:
F. Lippmann et al., Katalog der Gemälde alter Meister aus dem Wiener Privatbesitze, exh. cat. Vienna, K.K. Österreichischen Museum 1873, p. 41, cat. no. 158
W. Unger, C. Vosmaer, Etsen naar Frans Hals door Prof. William Unger : met eene verhandeling over den schilder door Mr. C. Vosmaer, Leiden 1872/73, no. 14, ill., as Frans Hals
W. Unger, Frans Hals. Dix eaux-fortes par Prof. William Unger, 2 vols., Leiden c. 1875, no. 14, ill., as Frans Hals
W. von Bode, Studien zur Geschichte der holländischen Malerei, Braunschweig 1883, p. 83, cat. no. 38, as Frans Hals
Illustrated Catalogue of 300 Paintings by Old Masters... being some of the principal pictures which have at various times formed part of the Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris 1898, pp. 62-63, cat. no. 49, ill., as Frans Hals
G. Hulin, in: Inventaire archéologique de Gand : catalogue descriptif et illustré des monuments, oeuvres d’art et documents antérieurs à 1830 18 (1900), p. 174, as Frans Hals
E.W. Moes, Frans Hals : sa vie et son oeuvre, Brussels 1909, p. 105, cat. no. 95, as Frans Hals
C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke des hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts, 10 vols., Esslingen 1907-1928, 3 (1910), p. 86, cat. no. 304, as Frans Hals (English ed., London 1910, p. 87, cat. no. 304, with erroneous provenance; corrected vol. 4, London 1912, pp. vii-viii (‘Translator’s note’), cat. no. 304)
A. Dayot, Exposition des grands et petits maitres Hollandais du XVIIe siècle, exh. cat. Paris, Salle du Jeu de Paume 1911, p. 12, cat. no. 6, as Frans Hals
A descriptive and illustrated catalogue of 150 paintings by old masters of the Dutch, Flemish, German, Italian, Spanish and French schools from the Kleinberger Galleries, Paris/New York 1911, pp. 40-41, cat. no. 28, ill., as Frans Hals
A. Dayot, Grands et petits maîtres hollandais du XVIIe siècle à l’exposition à Paris 1911, Paris 1912, opp. p. 76, ill., p. 128, cat. no. 62, as Frans Hals
W. von Bode, M.J. Binder, Frans Hals : sein Leben und seine Werke, 2 vols., Berlin 1914, 1, p. 42, cat. no. 155, pl. 93a, as Frans Hals
W.R. Valentiner, Frans Hals: des Meisters Gemälde in 318 Abbildungen (Klassiker der Kunst 28), Stuttgart/Berlin 1921, pp. 137, 315, ill., as Frans Hals (2nd, ed. 1923, pp. 150, 316, ill.)
F. Dülberg, Frans Hals : ein Leben und ein Werk, Stuttgart 1930, pp. 142, 144, 223, as Frans Hals
W.R. Valentiner, Frans Hals Paintings in America, Westport 1936, cat. no. 55, ill., as Frans Hals
P. Eeckhout, G. Chabot, Meesterwerken uit het Museum voor Schone Kunsten te Gent, Brussels 1949, p. 16, under cat. no. 22, as Frans Hals
E. Trautscholdt, ‘Zur Geschichte des Leipziger Sammelwesens’, in: Festschrift Hans Vollmer, Leipzig 1957, pp. 217-252, pp. 229, 238, fig. 17, as Frans Hals
M. Berthe (ed.), Roem der Belgische gemeenten, exh. cat. Brussels, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten 1960, p. 116, under cat. no. 262, as Frans Hals
S. Slive, in: H.P. Baard, S. Slive, Frans Hals : exhibition on the occasion of the centenary of the Municipal Museum, Frans Hals Museum at Haarlem, 1862-1962, exh. cat. Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum 1962, pp. 59-60, under cat. no. 46, doubtful attribution to Frans Hals
J. Duverger, R.L. Delevoy, Acht eeuwen schilderkunst : schatten uit de Belgische Musea, Brussels 1969, p. 338, under cat. no. 736, as Frans Hals
C. Grimm, Frans Hals : Entwicklung – Werkanalyse – Gesamtkatalog, Berlin 1972, pp. 94, 202, cat. no. A 22, as after Frans Hals
S. Slive, Frans Hals, 3 vols., London 1970-1974, 3 (1974), p. 147, cat. no. D. 53, fig. 174, p. 72, under cat. no. 136, as follower of Frans Hals
E.C. Montagni, L’opera completa di Frans Hals, Turin 1974, pp. 98-99, cat. no. 104, fig. 104a, as Frans Hals (citing Slive’s opinion)
C. Grimm, Frans Hals : das Gesamtwerk, Stuttgart/Zürich/Belser 1989, pp. 54-55, fig. 92, p. 292, cat. no. K 15, as after Hals
C. Grimm, Frans Hals (catalogue raisonné in preparation), no. A1-72, as Frans Hals
Exhibited:
Vienna, Kaiserlich-Königliches Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie, 1873, no. 158
Paris, Jeu de Paume, 1911, no. 61
Netherlands
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NL - 1017 JP Amsterdam
Switzerland
Rue Verdaine 6
CH - 1204 Geneva