Letter to Henry Clay Frick

Edward Brandus1910-04-23

Frick Art Research Library
New York, United States

Letter from Edward Brandus advising Henry Clay Frick to purchase Hals's "Portrait of a Woman." Edward Brandus was a Paris and New York art dealer and adviser. He responded to Frick's inquiry with great admiration. This resulted in the purchase by Frick from M. Knoedler, who had purchased it from the April 5, 1910 Yerkes sale.

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Title: Letter to Henry Clay Frick
Creator: Edward Brandus
Date Created: 1910-04-23
Physical Location: Frick Art Reference Library, New York, NY
Subject Keywords: Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919.
Transcript:
April 23, 1910 My dear Mr Frick, I think I did not express my whole mind when you kindly asked my opinion of the Franz Hals, last evening - I will do so now: Outside the Rembrandt Portrait of his Mother in the Musee of Amsterdam, I do not know of a greater portrait of a Dutch Woman, than the one by Franz Hals from the Yerkes Sale - Yours [respectfully], Edward Brandus
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Type: Text
Original Source: Purchases - Franz Hals’ Portrait of a Woman, Henry Clay Frick Art Collection Files. The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives.
Rights: Public Domain, Courtesy of the Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives
Medium: Letter

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