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Current Location: Gallery 15: Dutch Gallery

Titles

Portrait of an unknown man

Maker(s)

Painter: Hals, Frans

Entities

Painting

Categories

Painting

Notes

History note: (?) Coll. Rev. R.E. Kerrich

Measurements and weight

Height: 80 cm
Width: 67 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Prior, Joseph

Dating

Circa 1660 - 1663

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People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

Text: FH
Location: Lower right
Type: Monogram

References and bibliographic entries

Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 64
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 86
Frans Hals
The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 70
The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1929) page(s): 86
[Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960] page(s): 43
'A cleaned Frans Hals in the Fitzwilliam Museum' page(s): 197-198
Treasures in Cambridge page(s): 32
Rembrandt-Franz Hals
The Fitzwilliam Museum, An Illustrated Survey page(s): 275
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. I, Dutch and Flemish page(s): 56-57
National Gallery of Art; Kress Foundation; Studies in the History of European Art; Frans Hals; volume 1; text page(s): 192, 203-204

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 150
Primary reference Number: 1470
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 14 September 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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            University of Cambridge}}

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