28 August 1817: purchased by Cornelius Sebille Roos (1754-1820), Amsterdam at the sale of the collection of Jurriaans, Amsterdam, at Van de Schley, Roos & De Vries, Amsterdam, lot no. 20
Unknown date: acquired by Charlotte-Camille, Comtesse Boucher de la Rupelle, Paris
by 1905
date QS:P,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Unknown date: Duveen Brothers, London/New York City
June 1920: purchased by Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937), Pittsburgh/Washington, D.C.
28 December 1934: given to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
1937: given to National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Exhibition history
Catalogue of 100 Paintings by Old Masters, Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris, 1905, cat. no. 13.
Ausstellung von Werke alter Kunst aus dem Privatbesitz der Mitglieder des Kaiser Friedrich-Museums-Vereins, ehemalig Gräfliche Redern'schen Palais, Berlin, 27 January 1906–4 March 1906, cat. no. 49, as Bildnis einer älteren Dame. Kniestück nach links, in einem Stuhle sitzend, height: 101.5 cm (39.9 in); width: 85.5 cm (33.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,101.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,85.5U174728
, James Simon.
European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300-1800. Masterpieces of Art, World's Fair, New York City, May 1939–October 1939, OCLC 222146866, cat. no. 179.
Frans Hals, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1 October 1989–31 December 1989, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 13 January 1990–8 April 1990, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, 13 May 1990–22 July 1990, ISBN90-6179-097-2, cat. no. 45, as Portrait of a Seated Woman.
Inscriptions
center left:
ÆTAT SVÆ 60 / ANo 1633
References
as Portrait of an Elderly Lady, height: 102.5 cm (40.3 in); width: 86.9 cm (34.2 in)
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