A resident of Haarlem, Frans Hals was one of the finest portrait painters of the seventeenth century. He brought to the traditional format and poses of Dutch portraiture a liveliness and dash that made his paintings stand out against those of his competitors. As a specialist in the depiction of cheerful moments, Hals communicated a sense of well-being and high-spiritedness even in his more formal portraits. This liveliness was a powerful part of Hals' appeal. In this painting, the immediacy of the impression depends not only on the responsive facial expression, but also on the vitality of colors and vigor of the brushstrokes.
Details
- Artist Name: Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582/83-1666)
- Title: Portrait of a Young Man
- Date: 1650-55
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 26-1/2 x 20 in. (67.3 x 50.8 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation, Gift of Mr. Norton Simon
- Accession Number: M.1972.4.P
- Copyright: © Norton Simon Art Foundation
Object Information
[Duveen Brothers, Paris, sold July 1909 to];
[Knoedler & Co., London, jointly owned with Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London; Knoedler London stock no. 4537/Knoelder New York stock no. 11820, sold October 1910 to];
Sir Hugh Lane, London.
Arthur M. Grenfell, Roehampton, Surrey, sold June 1913 to;
[M. Knoedler & Co., Paris, Knoedler London stock no. 5661/Knoedler New York stock no. 13261, jointly owned with Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, sold 11 August 1913 to];
George Eastman, New York.
[Duveen Bros., New York];
J. M. Stettenheim, New York, 1935 until at least 1942.
[Kurt M. Stern, New York, sold 7 December 1953 to];
[Wildenstein & Co., New York, sold 1961 to];
Norton Simon, gift 1972 to;
The Norton Simon Art Foundation.
An Exhibition of 50 Paintings by Frans Hals
- Detroit Institute of Arts, 1935-01-10 to 1935-02-28
The Age of Rembrandt, An Exhibition of Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century
- California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1966-10-10 to 1966-11-13
- Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, 1966-11-26 to 1967-01-08
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1967-01-21 to 1967-03-05
Selections from the Norton Simon, Inc. Museum of Art
- Princeton University Art Museum, 1973 to
Paintings by the Great Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century
- New York, Duveen Galleries, 1942-10-08 to 1942-11-07
[on loan]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971-01-20 to 1972-02-28
[on loan]
- Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1973-01-15 to 1974-12-16
[on loan]
- Chrysler Museum, 1980-10-31 to 1981-07-21
Masterpieces of Art
- New York, World's Fair, 1940-05 to 1940-10
Encountering the Dutch Likeness: Portraiture in 17th Century Holland
- Norton Simon Museum, 1993-09-02 to 1996
Special Exhibition for the College Art Association (Mr. and Mrs. Norton Simon Collection)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965-01-18 to 1965-04-16
- Gerson, Horst, The Connoisseur, Pl. A p. 165-166
- Michel, Emile, Gazette des Beaux Arts, p. 389
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- Brommer, G., Discovering Art History, frontispiece
- Glück, Gustav, Die Graphischen Künste, 1900, p. 89
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- Valentiner, W. R., An Exhibition of 50 Paintings by Frans Hals, 1935, no. 48
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- McCall, George Henry, Paintings of the Great Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century, 1942, no. 26 pp. 44-45
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- Péladan, J., Frans Hals, 1972, p. 148
- Grimm, Claus; and E. Montagni, L'opera completa di Frans Hals, 1974, no. 177 pp. 105-106
- Morse, John D., Old Master Paintings in North America, 1979, p.163
- Norton Simon Museum, Selected Paintings at the Norton Simon Museum, 1980, p. 38
- Sutton, Peter C., A Guide to Dutch Art in America, 1986, fig. 313 p. 216
- Masterpieces from the Norton Simon Museum, 1989, p. 81
- Brooker, Suzanne, Portrait Painting: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications, 2009, p. 19
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 93 p. 256
- Professor Seymore Slive, Frans Hals, 2014, Plate 189 pp. 308-309, 335
- Pullins, David, Manet: Three Paintings From the Norton Simon Museum, 2019, fig. 2 p. 12 ; p. 12 (ill.)
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