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FRANS HALS* (1580-1666)
Portrait of a Gentleman, half length, wearing a black costume with a white collar; and Portrait of a Lady, half length, wearing a black costume with a white collar and cuffs, and a white cap
both signed with monogram ' '--oil on canvas 25 x 19¼in. (63.5 x 48.9cm.) (2)
Portrait of a Gentleman, half length, wearing a black costume with a white collar; and Portrait of a Lady, half length, wearing a black costume with a white collar and cuffs, and a white cap
both signed with monogram ' '--oil on canvas 25 x 19¼in. (63.5 x 48.9cm.) (2)
Provenance
probably Stanislas August Poniatowski, King of Poland, late 18th century Elizabeth (Pani) Grabowska (née Szydlowska) Private collection or art market, Milan, before 1926 with Bottenweiser, Berlin with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1927 Heinrich Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, Schloss Rohoncz, Hungary and later Villa Favorita, Lugano-Castagnola, and thence by descent to Countess Batthyany (née Thyssen-Bornemisza) with Duits, Ltd., London Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. van den Bergh, Wassenaar Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, March 30, 1979, lot 116 with G. Cramer, The Hague
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Goudstikker, exhibition catalogue, 1927, XXXII, nos. 31 and 32; XXXIII, nos. 62 and 63 Rome, Galleria Borghese, Mostra di Capolavori della Pittura Olandese, 1928, nos. 45 and 46 London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450-1900, Jan. 4-March 9, 1929, nos. 79 and 80 Dusseldorf, Gemäldegalerie, Austellung alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz, 1929, nos. 29 and 30 Munich, Neue Pinakothek, Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz, 1930, nos. 146 and 147 Castagnola-Lugano, Ausstellung in der Villa Favorita, Aus dem Besitz der Stiftung Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz, 1949 and 1952, nos. 107 and 108 Laren, Singer Museum, Twee Nederlandse Collecties Schilderijen, 1959, nos. 48 and 49 Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, Frans Hals Exhibition on the Occasion of the Centenary of the Municipal Museum of Haarlem, June 16-Sept. 30, 1962, nos. 65 and 66 Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, 17de eeuwse Meesters mit Nederlands particulier bezit, August, 1965, nos. 19 and 20