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Property from a Private Collection

Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck

A sketch of a head, probably an Apostle

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July 2, 10:00 AM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Bid

6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection


Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck

A sketch of a head, probably an Apostle


oil on paper laid to canvas

unframed: 42.3 x 36.4 cm.; 16⅝ x 14⅜ in.

framed: 58.9 x 54.6 cm.; 23¼ x 21½ in.

Anonymous sale, Vienna, Dorotheum, 13 April 2011, lot 424 (as workshop of Sir Anthony van Dyck), for €97,900;

Where acquired.

This sketch relates to a lost work depicting Saint John, attributed to Van Dyck and dated to circa 1618 by Ludwig Burchardt. The painting was last recorded with Galerie Dr. Benedict & Co., Paris in 1937.1


1 Oil on paper laid to panel, 71 x 58 cm.; https://rkd.nl/imageslite/38254