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image of Portrait of an Elderly Lady Frans Hals (artist)
Dutch, c. 1582/1583 - 1666
Portrait of an Elderly Lady, 1633
oil on canvas
overall: 102.5 x 86.9 cm (40 3/8 x 34 3/16 in.) framed: 142.4 x 126.7 x 15.2 cm (56 1/16 x 49 7/8 x 6 in.)
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
1937.1.67
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From the Tour: Frans Hals
Object 1 of 7
1907Hofstede 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):108, no. 371.
1909Moes, Ernst Wilhelm. Frans Hals: sa vie et son oeuvre. Trans. by J. de Bosschere. Brussels, 1909: 108, no. 186.
1914Bode, Wilhelm von, and Moritz Julius Binder. Frans Hals: sein Leben und seine Werke. 2 vols. Berlin, 1914: 1:40, no. 138, pl. 79 (also English ed., Frans Hals: His Life and Work, Berlin, 1914: 1:43, no. 138, pl. 79).
1914Hundred Masterpieces of the Sedelmeyer Gallery. Paris, 1914: 30, no.13, repro.
1921Valentiner, Wilhelm R. Frans Hals, des Meisters Gemälde. Klassiker der Kunst in Gesamtausgaben, 28. Stuttgart and Berlin, 1921: 313, 103, 109, repro. (also 1923 rev. ed., Stuttgart, Berlin and Leipzig, 313, 109, repro.).
1930Dülberg, Franz. Frans Hals: ein Leben und ein Werk. Stuttgart, 1930: 114.
1936Valentiner, Wilhelm R. Frans Hals Paintings in America. Westport, Connecticut, 1936: no. 41, repro.
1941Duveen 1941, fig. 191.
1941Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 94.
1941Trivas, Numa S. The Paintings of Frans Hals. London and New York, 1941: 39, no. 41, pl. 59.
1942Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 240, repro. 25.
1949Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 74, repro.
1957Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 101
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 311, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 65.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 57, repro.
1970Slive 1970-1974, 1(1970):115; 2(1970):pls. 135, 138; 3(1974):42, 50, no. 82.
1972Grimm, Claus. Frans Hals: Entwicklung, Werkanalyse, Gesamtkatolog. Berlin, 1972: 90, 202, no. 69, 89, repro.
1974Montagni, E. C. L'opera completa di Frans Hals. Milan, 1974: 97, no. 83, 96, repro., pl. 31 (also 1976 French ed., Tout l'oeuvre peint de Frans Hals, Paris).
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 168, repro.
1975Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 268, no. 350, repro.
1979Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art. London, 1979: 68, pl. 53, color repro.
1981Baard, H. P. Frans Hals. New York, 1981: 57, fig. 60.
1984Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1984: 10, repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 268, no. 344, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 196, repro.
1986Sutton, Peter C. A Guide to Dutch Art in America. Grand Rapids and Kampen, 1986: 308.
1989Slive, Seymour, et. al. Frans Hals. Exh cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem. London, 1989: 262-263, no. 45, color repro.
1990Grimm, Claus. Frans Hals: The Complete Work. Translated by Jürgen Riehle from Stuttgart 1999. New York, 1990: color repro. 168, 183, 279, no. 63, repro.
1991Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 67.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 123, repro.
1995Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 69-72, color repro. 71.
2001Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA II: Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. Chicago, 2001: 50-51, color repro.
2004Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 186-187, no. 146, color repro.
2012Atkins, Christopher D.M. The Signature Style of Frans Hals: Painting, Subjectivity, and the Market in Early Modernity. Amsterdam, 2012: 226.

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