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Frans Hals
Dutch, c. 1582/1583 - 1666
Portrait of a Gentleman, 1650/1652
oil on canvas, 114 x 85 cm (45 x 33 1/2 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.29
From the Tour: Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1582/1583-1666)
Object 6 of 7

Literature

  • Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.... 8 vols., translated from the German edition. London, 1907-1917: 3(1910):84, no. 294.
  • Moes, Ernst Wilhelm. Frans Hals: sa vie et son oeuvre. Trans. by J. de Bosschere. Brussels, 1909: 107, no. 162.
  • Arundel Club. Sixth Year's Publications. London, 1909: no. 9, repro.
  • "New Prints." The Burlington Magazine 16 (January 1910): 237-238.
  • Sedelmeyer Gallery. Illustrated Catalogue of the Eleventh Series of 100 Paintings by Old Masters. Paris, 1911: no. 11.
  • Widener 1913, unpaginated, repro.
  • Bode, Wilhelm von, and Moritz Julius Binder. Frans Hals: sein Leben und seine Werke. 2 vols. Berlin, 1914: 2:66, no. 247, pl. 156 (also 1914 English ed., Frans Hals: His Life and Work, Berlin, 2:19, no. 247, pl. 156).
  • Hundred Masterpieces of the Sedelmeyer Gallery. Paris, 1914: 40, no.18, repro.
  • Valentiner, Wilhelm R. Frans Hals, des Meisters Gemälde. Klassiker der Kunst in Gesamtausgaben, 28. Stuttgart and Berlin, 1921: 320, repro. 242 (also 1923 2nd, rev. ed., Stuttgart, Berlin, and Leipzig, 321, repro. 256).
  • Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923 (unpaginated) unpaginated, repro.
  • Dülberg, Franz. Frans Hals: ein Leben und ein Werk. Stuttgart, 1930: 194, 198, repro. 196.
  • Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 84, repro.
  • Hind, Arthur M. Rembrandt: Being the Substance of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures Delivered before Harvard University 1930-1931. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1932: 89, pl. 64.
  • Tietze, Hans. Meisterwerke europäischer Malerei in Amerika. Vienna, 1935: 336, repro. 164 (also 1939 English ed., Masterpieces of European Painting in America. New York).
  • Valentiner, Wilhelm R. Frans Hals Paintings in America. Westport, Connecticut, 1936: unpaginated, no. 97, repro.
  • Waldmann 1938, 335-343.
  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 5.
  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 50, repro.
  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 312, repro.
  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 66.
  • European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 58, repro.
  • Slive 1970-1974, 2(1970):pl. 302; 3(1974):88, 99, cat. no. 191.
  • Grimm, Claus. Frans Hals: Entwicklung, Werkanalyse, Gesamtkatolog. Berlin, 1972: 110-111, 155, 205, no. 145, figs. 163, 167.
  • Montagni, E. C. L'opera completa di Frans Hals. Milan, 1974: 106, no. 183, repro. (also 1976 French ed., Tout l'oeuvre peint de Frans Hals, Paris).
  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 268-269, no. 355, color repro.
  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 170, repro.
  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 268, no. 349, color repro.
  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 197, repro.
  • Sutton 1986, 309.
  • Slive, Seymour, et al. Frans Hals. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem. London, 1989: no. 71.
  • Grimm, Claus. Frans Hals: The Complete Work. New York, 1990: 189, fig. 69, 194-195, 289, no. 135, repro. (Trans. Jürgen Riehle from Frans Hals: das Gesamtwerk, Stuttgart, 1989).
  • Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 89-91, color repro. 90.

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