Recto: study for an Equestrian Portrait, possibly Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg; Verso: Various studies of Statues and Figures, including the Venus Pudica and Scipio and his Lictor.

Anthony van Dyck  (Flemish, Antwerp 1599–1641 London)

Date:
ca. 1628–32
Medium:
Pen and brown ink Verso: pen and brown ink, black chalk
Dimensions:
9 1/16 x 9 5/8 in. (23 x 24.5 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Gift of Harold K. Hochschild, 1940
Accession Number:
40.91.16
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Lower left, pen and brown ink: The Count of Arenberg by Vandyke Verso, upper center, upside down, in pen and brown ink: prins moúris van van Dyk orgenael. Verso, upper center, upside down, in graphite: 12 Verso, upper left, upside down, in graphite: 40.91.6

    Marking: Verso, upper left: MMA stamp collector's mark of the Earls of Pembroke (Lugt Suppl. 2636b)

  • Provenance

    Nicodemus Tessin, the Younger (Stockholm, 1654–1728); Earls of Pembroke (British, Wilton House, near Salisbury, Wiltshire); at Wilton House since 18th C.; Sotheby's, London, July 5–6, 9–10, 1917, lot 378; Junius Spencer Morgan ; R. Erderheimer ; Anderson Galleries, New York, 18 July 1921, lot 66; Donor: Harold K. Hochschild (New York), 1940

  • References

    Sandford Arthur Strong Reproductions in Facsimile of Drawings by Old Masters in the Collection of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery at Wilton House. , London, 1900, fig. no. 21, ill.

    Heinrich Leporini Die Stilentwicklung der Handzeichnung XIV. bis XVII. Jahrhundert. 14-18, Jahrhundert. Vienna, 1925, cat. no. 226, fig. no. 226, p. 70, ill.

    A. E. Popham "British Museum Quarterly". The British Museum, 12, London, 1938, p. 50.

    Hermann Warner Williams, Jr. "A Gift of Prints and Drawings: The Drawings". 35, New York, August 1940, pp. 156, 157, ill.

    Walter Mehring European Drawings from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (A Portfolio of Collotype Reproductions) [Vol. 1: Italian Drawings; Vol. 2: Flemish, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, and British drawings; Vol. 3: Titled "New Series": Italian, Flemish, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, and British drawings]. 3 Vols., New York, 1942-1944, also N.S., no. 19., cat. no. 2 (Vol.2), fig. no. 2, ill.

    Hans Tietze European Master Drawings in the United States. J. J. Augustin, New York, 1947, cat. no. 62, p. 124, ill.

    Diamond Jubilee Exhibition. Masterpieces of Drawing Exh. cat., Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia Museum of Art, November 4-February 11. Philadelphia, 1950-1951, cat. no. 50, ill.

    Horst Vey, Roger-A. d'Hulst Antoon van Dyck Tekeningen en Olieverfschetsen. 1 July 1960 - 31 August 1960, cat. no. 88, fig. no. LVII, pp. 125-127, ill.

    Horst Vey Die Zeichnungen Anton van Dycks. Brussels, 1962, cat. no. 187, fig. no. 227, pp. 257-258, ill.

    Jacob Bean 100 European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York Graphic Society, New York, 1964, cat. no. 82, ill.

    Jacob Bean Flemish Drawings and Prints of the 17th Century Prints and Drawings Galleries, February 17 through April 15, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1970, cat. no. 7, p. 5.

    Erik Larsen Van Dyck 1626-1641. Milan, 1980, cat. no. O, fig. no. O, p. 12, ill.

    Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, J. B. Speed Art Museum Glorious Horsemen Equestrian Art in Europe, 1500-1800. Springfield, September 27, 1981-November 29, 1981, January 11-February 28, 1982, cat. no. 70, fig. no. 70, p. 122, ill.

    Walter Liedtke Flemish Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1, New York, 1984, fig. no. 17, p. 85, ill.

    Christopher Brown The Drawings of Anthony van Dyck. New York, 1991, cat. no. 53, pp. 188-189, ill.

    David Howarth "The Drawings of Van Dyck." Apollo. Apollo Magazine, 136, August 1992. London, 1992, p. 127.

    J. Douglas Stewart "Mariette's Louvre Van Dyck Drawing, the Countenance of Scipio" Date, Function and Influence. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, CXXI, 1491. April 1993, fig. no. 10, pp. 188-189, ill.



  • See also
90002383

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