Found-Object Report | Object report
Portrait of an elderly dark-haired man
Lost Art-ID
630033
Artist / Creator
Hals, Frans
Birth
1580, Antwerpen
Death
1666.08.26, Haarlem
Place of activity
Haarlem
Title
Portrait of an elderly dark-haired man
Dating
1657 (around)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Panel (Oak) / painted
Height
57.00 cm
Width
45.00 cm
Inventory number
R 12
Description
verso on decorative frame top centre white label in red: 6 [hs]; next to it blue KHZ label in black: Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1, CH-8001 Zürich / Zweck: / Künstler: / Titel: / Besitzer: / Adresse: / Kat.-Nr.; inside in black: Frans Hals / Bildnis eines dunkelhaarigen / Mannes mit Handschuh, ca. 1657 / Kunsthaus Zürich / Stiftung Prof. Dr. L. Ruzicka / Inv.Nr. R. 12 [ms]; top r. Chalk in white: 8 [underlined]; next to it chalk in blue: 12 [underlined]; top left remains of a torn-off label in black: 100; below yellowed label with angled corners and double red framing line in black: 72; bottom left white KHZ inscription in black: 72. left white KHZ label; embossed stamp below centre: AJH; verso on wooden packing top left white label in black: 21514; underneath visible mark of a historical label that is no longer present; top left chalk in blue: X; d. Chalk in blue: X; next to it yellowed, lined KHZ label in black with wavy edge: KUNSTHAUS ZÜRICH / Künstler: / Titel: / Besitzer: / Katalog-Nr.:; inside in black: Frans Hals / Bildnis eines dunkelhaarigen / Mannes mit Handschuh / Ruzicka-Stiftung / 12; inside in graphite pencil: 144 [hs]; top r. Chalk in blue: 13 [in circle; numbering Ruzicka Foundation]; three distributed red seal dots
Provenance
1906 - at least until 1921, Paul von Schwabach (*1867, +1938) (collector), Berlin
undated - 29.9.1938, Eleanor von Schwabach (collector), Berlin, estate
29.9.1938 - 16.12.1938, Adolf Arnhold (*1884 Dresden, +1950 Heidelberg) (collector)
20.7.1934 - 19.12.1938, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, loan, no. 152
16.12.1938 - undated, Frederick H. Brunner (*1895 Landau in der Pfalz, +1974 New Rochelle), Morcote-Lugano
[whereabouts unknown?]
undated - 19.7.1940, D. Katz (gallery), Dieren
19.7.1940 - n.d., Hans Posse (*1879 Dresden, +1942 Berlin) (intermediary), purchase, 70000 NLG, Munich no. 4317, Aussee no. 2966
"Führerbau", Munich, selected for the "Sonderauftrag Linz"
15.7.1945 - 8.7.1946, Munich Central Collecting Point, Munich, Munich no. 4317
probably, 8.7.1946 - n.d., Holland, restitution, country restitution
[whereabouts unknown?]
undated - 1.7.1949, Nathan Katz (*1893 Dieren, +1949) (art dealer), Basel
1.7.1949, Leopold Ruzicka (*1887 Vukovar, +1976 Mammern) (collector), Zurich, purchase
1.7.1949 - 2005, Ruzicka Foundation (collection), Zurich, transfer
1949 - 2005, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zurich, loan
from 2005, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zurich, gift
The provenance between 1933 and 1945 has not been clearly clarified or has gaps. The available research does not provide any evidence of Nazi-looted art. However, there are indications of Nazi-looted art and/or conspicuous accompanying circumstances. The provenance must be investigated further.
Further information in the online catalogue of the Kunsthaus Zürich: external link
Literature / Source
Seymour Slive: Frans Hals, Bd. 3 von 3, London: Phaidon, 1974, S. 150, Nr. D 63 [Nachfolger].
Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern 2007, S. 95.
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