Frans Hals
, Dutch, c.1581-1666 and Workshop
Title
The Lute PlayerDatec.1630
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
83 x 75 cm
Credit LinePresented, Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987 (Beit Collection)
Object numberNGI.4532
ProvenanceLord Howe, by 1860; purchased, Colnaghi; by whom sold to Otto Beit, later Sir Otto Beit, 1911; by descent in 1930 to his son, Sir Alfred Beit; presented, Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987 (Beit Collection)
Exhibition HistoryBritish Institution, London, 1860
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1884
Paterson's Gallery, 1902
Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 1906
Frans Hals. Tentoonstellung ter gelgenheid van het 75-jarig bestaan van het Gemeentelijk Museum to Haarlem, Frans Hal Museum, Haarlem, 1937
Old Master Piantings from the Beit Collection, National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town, 1949-1950
17th Century Dutch Paintings, National Art Museum, Capetown, 1952
Paintings from the Irish Collections, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 1957
L'Art et la Musique, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, 1969
From Titian to Delacroix: Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland, Yokohama Sogo Museum of Art, 25 August 1993 - 17 October 1993; Chiba Sogo Museum of Art, 10 November 1993 - 20 December 1993; Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi, 5 January 1994 - 20 February 1994; Kobe City Museum, 25 February 1994 - 10 April 1994; Isetan Museum of Art, 14 April 1994 - 24 May 1994
European Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland', National Gallery, Canberra, 25 June 1994 - 3 October 1994; Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 October 1994 - 15 January 1995