Willem van heythuysen leans back in his chair looking for all the world as if he has just won several million dollars. Which in a sense he has. This small oil panel by Frans Hals (shown below) has a complex history of attribution; the curtain and book are clearly by another hand. The portrait itself is pure Hals: loosely rendered but very much alive. Yet in 2004 it was described as a copy and sold at auction in Vienna for a mere ?440,000 ($546,000). Now dendrochronological analysis has helped to confirm that it was indeed painted by the master in the 1630s. The Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem is thought to be hoping to acquire it from its private owner; a London dealer has suggested that if the picture were put up for sale it could fetch around £5m ($10m).
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机译：威廉·范·海图森（Willem van heythuysen）向后靠在椅子上，寻找世界各地，好像他刚刚赢得了几百万美元。从某种意义上说，他有。弗兰斯·哈尔斯（Frans Hals）的这个小型石油小组（如下所示）具有复杂的归因历史；窗帘和书显然是另一只手。肖像本身是纯净的Hals：虽然散乱但活泼。然而在2004年，它被描述为复制品，并在维也纳的拍卖会上以仅仅440,000欧元（546,000美元）的价格出售。现在，树轮年代学分析已帮助确认它确实是由大师在1630年代绘制的。人们认为，哈勒姆（Haarlem）的弗朗斯·哈尔斯博物馆（Frans Hals Museum）希望从其私人拥有者那里购得它。伦敦的一位商人建议，如果把这幅画出售，可以卖到500万英镑（约合1000万美元）。
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