27th Aug, 2020 13:00

Old Master Paintings and Drawings

 
Lot 34
 

CIRCLE OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599 - LONDON 1641)

CIRCLE OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599 - LONDON 1641)
A Knight on horseback
oil on oak panel
circa 1630
27 x 21 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)

PROVENANCE:
Baron Courtauld Thomson, London

EXHIBITION:
Exposition de l'Art Belge au XVIIe Siècle, Brussels, 1910, no. 160 as : 'Cavalier (esquisse). - Bois, h. 27, l. 21 cm. M. Courtauld-Thomson-Esq, Londres.'

The present work was probably painted around 1630. This type of sketch, derived from similar studies by Rubens, would have been used in Van Dyck’s studio as models for his equestrian portrait commissions. Two small sketches identical in size and subject exist, one in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (Fig. 1) and another which appeared at auction at Accademia Fine Art, Monaco on 5th April 2014 (Fig.2). A dendrochronological analysis report dates the panel to 1596.

Sold for £11,875

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

Do you have an item similar to the item above? If so please click the link below to submit a free online valuation request through our website.

 

Images*

Drag and drop .jpg images here to upload, or click here to select images.