FRANS HALS (WERKSTATT/UMKREIS)

WORKSHOP OR CIRCLE OF FRANS HALS 1582/83 Antwerp - 1666 Haarlem A CAVALIER HOLDING A WINE GLASS AND SMOKING A PIPE Oil on canvas (old relined). 71 x 54 cm (F. 84,5 x 67,5 cm). Verso: On the stretcher with wax seal (unidentified), furthermore with paper label and attribution to Frans Hals. Round paper label of Eric Turquin from Paris. Part. slightly old rest. Frame. Probably identical with the painting no. 80 mentioned by Hofstede de Groot, 'A Cavalier Holding a Glass of Wine'. Cf. Hofstede de Groot, Dr. C.: Beschreibung und Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten Holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts, Dritte Band, London 1910, p. 21, No. 80. Provenance: Rhenish private collection.Zeichen(10)FRANS HALS (WERKSTATT/UMKREIS) 1582/83 Antwerpen - 1666 Haarlem EIN KAVALIER HÄLLT EIN WEINGLAS UND RAUCHT EINE PFE Öl auf Leinwand (altdoubl.). 71 x 54 cm (R. 84,5 x 67,5 cm). Verso: On the stretcher with wax seal (uninterpreted), further with paper label and attribution to Frans Hals. Round paper label of Eric Turquin from Paris. Part. slightly age-rest. Frame. Possibly identical to the painting no. 80 mentioned by Hofstede de Groot, 'A Cavalier Holding a Glass of Wine'. Cf. Hofstede de Groot, Dr. C.: Description and Critical Catalogue of the Works of the Most Excellent Dutch Painters of the XVIIth Century, Third Volume, London 1910, p. 21, no. 80. Provenance: Rhenish private collection.