ID 1250750
Lot 83 | ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Self-Portrait, from: Icones Principum Virorum
etching
circa 1633-1641
on laid paper, watermark Phoenix in a Laurel Wreath (M.-H. 252)
a very fine, early working proof
the very rare first state (of seven), before the completion of the image in engraving by Jacob Neeffs
printing with a subtle plate tone and many long, vertical wiping marks and other plate impurities
with small margins
in very good condition
Plate 245 x 157 mm.
Sheet 253 x 165 mm.
Provenance
Johann Andreas Boerner (1785-1862), Nuremberg (Lugt 270; inscribed with his code GDJ- and 1.er étât, fort-rare. in black ink verso).
Heinrich Friedrich de la Motte-Fouquet (1795-1874), Cologne (Lugt 778); his posthumous sale, Heberle, Cologne, 24 May 1875, lot 107 ('Eau-forte pure; premier état, il n’y a que le tête, qui est gravée avec une délicatesse admirable… De la plus haute rareté et presque unique. Tergo la signature de Boerner.') (Rth. 510).
John Malcolm (1805-1893), Poltalloch, Scotland, and London (see Lugt 1486, without his mark); then by descent to his son, Col. John Wingfield Malcolm (d. 1902).
British Museum, London (Lugt 1780); acquired from the above in September 1895 as part of the Malcolm Collection; de-accessioned and with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 305).
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (their stocknumber C. 31338 in pencil verso and inscribed with the Mauquoy number M. 4 I).
Raphaël Esmerian (his initials verso, not in Lugt).
Private Collection, Paris (this impression cited in New Hollstein).
Literature
Dutuit 3; Hollstein 4; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 4; New Hollstein 1
Artist: | Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641) |
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Applied technique: | Etching |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, The Netherlands |
Artist: | Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641) |
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Applied technique: | Etching |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, The Netherlands |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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