Portrait of a Man, possibly a Clergyman, Frans Hals, c. 1657 - c. 1660

Title(s)

Portrait of a Man, possibly a Clergyman

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2859

Inscriptions / marks

• signature, in ligated monogram, centre right: ‘FH’

Description

Portret van een onbekende man, misschien een predikant. Zittend, ten halven lijve, met de handen gevouwen op de buik.

Artist

• painter: Frans Hals (signed by artist)

Dating

c. 1657 - c. 1660

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 37.1 cm × width 29.8 cm
outer size: depth 7 cm (support incl. frame)

What

• historical persons not known by name

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase 1916

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• L'âge d'or hollandais : de Rembrandt à Vermeer avec les trésors du Rijksmuseum, p. 214-215, cat.nr. 87
• Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch art : masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, Reinier J. Baarsen, Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis, Lynn Federle Orr, Thomas Padon, Ruud Priem, Marijn Schapelhouman, J.P. Sigmond, p. 174-175
• 125 jaar openbaar kunstbezit : met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt, p. 63-64, 211, afb. 78
• Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 179-180
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 257
• Frans Hals [ : 1 1970], Seymour Slive, p. 198, cat.nr. 208