Artist
Frans Hals (Dutch, 1581/85–1666)Dutch, 1581/85–1666
CultureDutch
Titles
- Portrait of an Elderly Woman
Date1650
PlaceNetherlands
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 33 3/8 × 27 1/4 in. (84.8 × 69.2 cm)
Frame (outer): 41 1/4 × 35 in. (104.8 × 88.9 cm)
Frame (outer): 41 1/4 × 35 in. (104.8 × 88.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection, gift of Sarah Campbell Blaffer
Object number51.3
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
203 Crane Gallery
On view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Old Dutch and Flemish Masters," The Kleykamp Gallery, The Hague, 1929.
Detroit Institute of Arts, January–February 1935.
Cleveland Museum of Art, 1936.
"Masterpieces of Art," New York World's Fair, May–October 1940.
"One Hundred Years, 1846-1946," The Knoedler Galleries, New York, April 1–April 27, 1946.
"Seventeen Masters of Painting," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 15–February 15, 1950.
"Man and his Years," Baltimore Museum of Art, 1954.
"W.R. Valentiner Memorial Exhibition: Masterpieces of Art," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1959.
"Seventy-Five Masterworks," Portland Art Association, Oregon, 1967–1968.
"16th and 17th Century Dutch and Flemish painting," The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston, February 29–April 13, 1980.
"Dutch 17th Century Portraiture: The Golden Age," The John & Mabel Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, December 4, 1980–February 8, 1981.
"The Golden Age of Painting: Dutch, Flemish, & German Paintings from the Blaffer Foundation," Phoenix Museum of Art, June 12–Aug 2, 1987.
"A Golden Age of Painting: Dutch, Flemish and German Paintings of the 16th and 17th Centuries from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Honolulu Academy of Arts, January 24–March 4, 1990.
“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.
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Frans Pourbus the Younger
c. 1600
Oil on card
BF.2013.3
