Offers from public bodies for less than the recommended price through the private treaty sale arrangements, where appropriate, may also be considered.
This period may be extended until 10 November 2011 inclusive if a serious intention to raise funds with a view to making an offer to purchase the painting at the recommended price of £7,750,000 is expressed. The decision on the export licence application for the painting will be deferred for a period ending on 10 July 2011 inclusive. Although it is incomplete it is an interesting, innovative and animated work.” Johnny Van Haeften, Reviewing Committee member, said: “This is an early example of a conversation piece, a rarity when the convention at the time was for formal portraits. While there are many examples of Frans Hals paintings in public and private collections within the UK, examples of group portraits are very rare.
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It is also an unusual example of the way in which paintings can undergo a series of alterations and modifications after leaving the artist’s studio one figure was added by another artist and the canvas was later reduced in size. This style of painting would go on to produce a profound effect on the painters of the late 19th Century and beyond. He has captured the likenesses of his subjects with fast and fluid brushwork. Frans Hals was one of the most innovative and influential painters of the 17th Century. The Committee recommended that the export decision be deferred on the grounds that the painting is of outstanding significance for the study of Frans Hals andto the study of Dutch family portraiture of the 17th Century.įamily Portrait in a Landscape depicts a refreshingly animated and jovial family in a style that was previously unknown in Netherlandish group portraiture.
The Culture Minister’s ruling follows a recommendation by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest, administered by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the work in the United Kingdom.
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