Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906)

Study of 'Portrait of a Man' after Frans Hals (1580-1666)

Details

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906)
Study of 'Portrait of a Man' after Frans Hals (1580-1666)
numbered '7.' (lower right)
pencil and coloured chalks, on blue-grey paper
7.5/8 x 5.5/8 in. (19.3 x 14.2 cm.)

Exhibited

London, Leighton House, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1971, no. 41. Hastings, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, The Wide World of Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective Exhibition of his Art, 17 July-12 September 1976, no. 61.
London, Campbell and Franks, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective of his Art, 1976, no. 30.

Lot Essay

The present watercolour is a 'souvenir of Frans Hals' after a portrait in the National Gallery, London, executed in 1633 (see Wilhelm R. Valentiner (ed.), Frans Hals des Meisters Gemälde, Berlin and Leipzig, 1923, p. 110).

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