Lot Essay
In a certificate dated 23 August 1984, offered with the picture, Dr. Claus Grimm confirmed the attribution to Johannes Hals, and dated this portrait on stylistic grounds to 1645-50.
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A young peasant woman, half-length, in a brown dress and a white cap
Details
Johannes Hals (born Haarlem c. 1620; active c. 1650)
A young peasant woman, half-length, in a brown dress and a white cap
oil on panel, oval
12.7/8 x 10 in. (32.7 x 26 cm.)
A young peasant woman, half-length, in a brown dress and a white cap
oil on panel, oval
12.7/8 x 10 in. (32.7 x 26 cm.)
Provenance
with Douwes, 1983, as from a Swiss private collection.
Literature
S. Slive, 'Frans Hals Studies III: Jan Franszoon Hals', Oud Holland, LXXVI, 1961, pp. 176ff.
C. Grimm, 'Frans Hals und seine "Schule"', Mnchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, XXII, 1971, pp. 150ff.
C. Grimm, 'Frans Hals und seine "Schule"', Mnchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, XXII, 1971, pp. 150ff.