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1582-1666 | Dutch Portrait of a Gentleman (possibly Theodore Blevet) Oil on panel Circa 1630

Panel: 17 1/2” high by 14 1/4” wide Framed: 25 1/2” high by 23 3/8” wide

Exhibited: The Hague, Schilderkundig Genootschap Pulchri Studio, Catalogue de la Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam, November 1919, no. 50, illustrated, as Frans Hals Amsterdam, Maatschappij voor Beeldende Kunst, Catalogue de la Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam, 14 December 1919-4 January 1920, no. 28, illustrated, as Frans Hals Copenhaguen, Staaten's Museum for Konst, Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam, January-February 1920, no. 24, illustrated, as Frans Hals Christiania [Oslo], Utstillet Christiania Kunstforening, Katalog over Goudstikkers Samling Amsterdam, April 1920, no. 24, illustrated, as Frans Hals St. Louis, City Art Museum, November 1922, no. 45, as Frans Hals Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, January 1923, no. 2, as Frans Hals New York, The Anderson Galleries, March 1923, no. 48 as Frans Hals Rotterdam, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Catalogue de la Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam, 20 December 1924-11 January 1925, no. 30, as Frans Hals Utrecht, Centraal Museum, December 1925-January 1926, no. as Frans Hals The Hague, Schilderkundig Genootschap Pulchri Studio, Catalogue de la Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam, 13 March-4 April 1926, no. 66, illustrated, as Frans Hals Rotterdam, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Catalogue de la Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam, 10-25 April 1926, no. 43, as Frans Hals Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Tentoonstelling van oude Kunst, 1929, no. 61, as Frans Hals Rotterdam, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van Schilderijen en Antiquiteiten geexposeerd door den Kunsthandel J Goudstikker NV., Amsterdam, 17 December 1936-10 January 1937, no. 26, illustrated, as Frans Hals
Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, Tentoonstelling van oude kunst in het Frans Halsmuseum, 4-26 April 1936, p. 17, no. 17, as Frans Hals Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, Frans Hals tentoonstelling ter gelegenheid van het 75-jarig bestaan van het Gemeentelijk Museum Haarlem, 30 June 1937, no. 38, fig. 38, as Frans Hals

Literature: W.R. Valentiner, 'Frans Hals, des Meisters Gemalde', in Klassiker der Kunst, Stuttgart/Berlin, 1921, p. 80, illustrated, p. 311 as Frans Hals W.R. Valentiner, 'Frans Hals, des Meisters Gemalde', in Klassiker der Kunst, Stuttgart/Berlin, 1923, p. 83, illustrated, p. 312 as Frans Hals C. Grimm, France Hals and his Workshop, will be published in Autumn 2023, no. A3. 13, as Frans Hals

Provenance: Friedrich W.R.A. Lippmann, Berlin and London Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam by 1919 Looted by the Nazi authorities in July 1940 Recovered by the Allies in 1945 In the custody of the Dutch Government Restituted to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker in February 2006 Sale Christie's Amsterdam, 14 November 2007, lot 4 Private Collection, USA