The Cleveland Museum of Art

• Provenance
  probably by 1866

  Friedrich Jacob Gsell (b. 1811 or 1812 in Bischofweiler [Alsace], settled in Vienna circa 1850, died 1871)

  1872

  ([Georg Plach] Künstlerhause, Vienna, Friedrich Jacob Gsell sale, March 14, 1872 (and successive days), lot 40 ["Ein Bravourstück des genialen Meisters"; sold for 15,200 fl. to Plach, probably on behalf of Baron Anselm von Rothschild).

  1872 - 1874

  Baron Anselm Mayer von Rothschild (1803-1874), Vienna (inv. no. AR866)

  1874 - 1911

  Baron Albert von Rothschild (1844-1911), Vienna

  1911 - 1938

  Baron Alphonse von Rothschild (1878-1942), Vienna

  from 1938

  In the possession of the Nazis. Stored initially at Kremsmünster (?); intended for the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria

  c. 1944 - May 1946

  While in the possession of the Nazis, moved from Kremsmünster to the salt mines at Alt Aussee, where it was stored until released to the Austrian government in May 1946.

  1947 - 1999

  Recovered by Alphonse von Rothschild's widow, Clarice von Rothschild (1894-1967), and "donated" by her for display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. 9009)

  1999

  Restituted to the Heirs of Barons Alphonse and Louis von Rothschild

  1999 -

  (Christie's, London, Heirs of the Barons Alphonse and Louis von Rothschild sale, July 8, 1999, no. 219, to the Cleveland Museum of Art.)

  1999-

  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
• Citations
  Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Die vornehmsten Kunstdenkmäler in Wien. Wien: W. Braumüller, 1866. Mentioned: vol. 1, p. 318

  Bode, WIlhelm von. "Die Galerie Gsell in Wien." Zeitschrift für bildenden Künst 7 (1872), 181-186.
  
  Mentioned: p. 183

  Bode, Wilhelm von. Studien zur Geschichte der holländischen Malerei. Braunschweig: F. Vieweg und Sohn, 1883. Mentioned: p. 89, under no. 126

  Moes, E. W., and Jean de Boschère. Frans Hals, sa vie et son œuvre. Brussels: G. van Oest & Cie., 1909. No. 131

  Hofstede de Groot, C. P. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century. 8 vols Translated and edited by Edward G. Hawke. London: Macmillan and Co, 1907-1927. Mentioned: vol. 3 (1910), p. 104 no. 354

  Frimmel, Theodor von. Lexikon der Wiener Gemäldesammlungen. Munich: G. Müller, 1913. Mentioned: vol.1, p. 86

  "A Plan for Loot: Blue-Prints for a New 'House of German Art.' How Hitler Intended to Dispose of the 'Purchased' Rothschild Collections." The Illustrated London News 207, no. 5542 (July 7, 1945), 24-25.
  Mentioned and reproduced: p. 25

  Baldass, Ludwig. "Two Male Portraits by Frans Hals." The Burlington Magazine 93 (1951), 181-182. Mentioned: pp. 181-2; reproduced: fig. 3

  "Recent Acquisitions by the Kunsthistorischen Museum, Vienna: Three Portraits." The Connoisseur 134 (July-December 1954), 34 Mentioned: p. 34

  Frans Hals: Exhibition on the Occasion of the Centenary of the Municipal Museum at Haarlem, 1862-1962. Introduction by H. P. Baard. Exh. cat. Haarlem: Frans Hals Museum, 1962. Mentioned: p. 52; Reproduced: fig. 37

  Heinz, G., and Friderike Klauner. Katalog der Gemäldegalerie II / Vlamen, Holländer, Deutsche, Franzosen. Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1963. Mentioned: n.p., no. 182

  Slive, Seymour. Frans Hals. 3 vols London: Phaidon, 1970-1973. Mentioned: vol. 1, pp. 115-116, vol. 3, p. 54 no. 93; Reproduced: vol. 2 pl. 154

  Grimm, Claus. Frans Hals: Entwicklung, Werkanalyse, Gesamtkatalog. Berlin: Mann, 1972. Mentioned: p. 202, no.67; REproduced: fig. 91

  Demus, Klaus. Katalog der Gemäldegalerie: Holländische Meister des 15., 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts. Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1972. Mentioned: p. 37

  Grimm, Claus, and E. C. Montagni. L'Opera completa di Frans Hals. Milan: Rizzoli, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 96-97 no. 90; Reproduced: pl. XXXIII

  Grimm, Claus. Frans Hals: das Gesamtwerk. Stuttgart: Belser, 1989. Mentioned: pp. 189, 281; Reproduced: no. 76

  Biesboer, Pieter. "The Burghers of Haarlem and their Portrait Painters." In Frans Hals, 23-44. Seymour Slive et al. Exh. cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts in association with Ludion, Brussels, 1989. Mentioned: p. 33; Reproduced: p. 32, fig. 10

  Du Mortier, Bianca M. "Costume in Frans Hals." In Frans Hals, 45-60. Seymour Slive et al. Exh. cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts in association with Ludion, Brussels, 1989. Mentioned: p. 56

  Groen, Karin, and Ella Hendriks. "Frans Hals: A Technical Examination." In Frans Hals, 109-128. Seymour Slive et al. Exh. cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts in association with Ludion, Brussels, 1989. Mentioned: pp. 119, 121, 124, 127; Reproduced: p. 126, pl. VIIIy (cross-section)

  Grimm, Claus. Frans Hals: the complete work. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1990. Mentioned: pp. 139, 281; Reproduced: no. 76:

  Brandstätter, C. Die Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien: Verzeichnis der Gemälde. Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1991. Mentioned: p. 65, no. 9009; Reproduced: fig. 507

  Rozenberg, Silvia, and Rivka Weiss-Blok. Myth and Power: Masterpieces from Imperial Vienna, on Loan from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien. Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 1996. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 68, fig. 66

  Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Restaurierte Gemälde: die Restaurierwerkstätte der Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums, 1986-1996 : Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 16. Oktober 1996 bis 2. Februar 1997. Wien, Austria: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 1996. Reproduced: no. 12

  Dietrich, H. In Restaurierte Gemälde: die Restaurierwerkstätte der Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums, 1986-1996. Eike Oberthaler et al., eds. Exh. cat. Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1996. Mentioned: pp. 83-84, no. 12

  Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Buys Old Master Painting from Rothschild Collection at Christie’s Auction,” July 9, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org

  Cleveland Museum of Art, “Record-Setting Old Master Painting Goes on View at CMA 1:30 Tuesday, July 27,” July 27, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org

  "Calendar." The Burlington Magazine CXLI no. 1158 (September 1999), 576-580.
  Mentioned and reproduced: p. 579

  Eakin, Hugh, Laurie Attias, and Agnes Csonka. “Unfinished Business.” ARTnews 98, no. 8 (September 1999): 56. Reproduced: p. 56

  "A Selection of 1999 Museum Acquisitions." Apollo (December 1999), 30
  

  May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Mentioned: p. 117; Reproduced: p. 38, no. 34

  Lillie, Sophie. Was einmal war: Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens. Vienna: Czernin Verlag, 2003. Mentioned: pp. 1002, 1032 no. 866

  Iacono, Margaret. Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: The Frick Collection, 2006. Mentioned: Cat. no. 9, pp. 48-51

  Kunth, Felicitas. Die Rothschild'schen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien. Vienna: Böhlau, 2006. Mentioned: pp. 58, 73, 80, 95, 101, 103, 192-193; reproduced: p. 47, and color pl. 3.

  "Old Masters Visit Beachwood", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 47 no. 03, March 2007 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 3 archive.org

  Liedtke, Walter A. Frans Hals: Style and Substance. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011. Reproduced: p. 33, fig. 33

  Treasures of the Cleveland Museum of Art. London, United Kingdom: Scala Publishers Ltd., 2012. Mentioned: p. 192-193

  Biesboer, Pieter. "De Laughing Cavalier van Frans Hals. Een Mogelijke Identificatie." In Face Book: Studies on Dutch and Flemish Portraiture of the 16th-18th Centuries. Rudolf E. O. Ekkart, ed., 133-140. Leiden: Primavera Pers, 2012. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 135

  Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 184

  Packer, Lelia, and Ashok Roy. Frans Hals: The Male Portrait. London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2021. Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 20-22, cat. no. 8

  Mazzocca, Fernando, and Sebastian Schütze. Dai Medici ai Rothschild: mecenati, collezionisti, filantropi. Milano : Edizioni Gallerie d'Italia : Skira, 2022. Reproduced: pp. 276-277

  Bart Cornelis, Friso Lammertse, Justine Rinnooy Kan, and Jaap van der Veen. Frans Hals. London : National Gallery Global ; Amsterdam : in association with the Rijksmuseum, 2023. Mentioned: p. 35; Reproduced: p. 34, fig. 9.
• Exhibition History
  Frans Hals. National Gallery, London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (September 30, 2023-January 21, 2024) https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/the-credit-suisse-exhibition-frans-hals; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (February 15-June 9, 2024); Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany (July 12-November 3, 2024).

  Frans Hals: The Male Portraits. The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (September 22, 2021-January 30, 2022) https://www.wallacecollection.org/art/exhibitions-displays/frans-hals-the-male-portrait/.

  Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, OH (March 29-July 8, 2007).

  Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Frick Collection, New York, NY (organizer) (November 8, 2006-January 28, 2007).

  Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria (October 16, 1996 - February 2, 1997).

  Restaurierte Gemälde, Die Restaurierwerkstätte der Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums.

  Frans Hals. Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, Netherlands (1962).

  Mostra di Pittura Olandese del Seicento. Palazzo della Esposizione, Rome, Italy (January 4 - February 14, 1954); Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy (February 25 - April 25, 1954).

  Holländer des 17. Jahrhunderts. Kusnthaus, Zurich, Switzerland (November 4 - December 20, 1953).

  Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and the M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (1949-1950).

  Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria (from 1947 - 1999).
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