ID 887576
Lot 81 | ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641)
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
Portrait of Lucas Vorsterman I, from: Icones Principum Virorum
etching, circa 1630, on laid paper, watermark Phoenix in Laurel Wreath (M.-H. 252), a very fine, early impression of the first state (of seven), before letters and background and before the scratches and foul-biting were burnished out, inscribed in brown ink with the sitter's name, profession and place of birth, with wide margins, some creasing in places, otherwise generally in very good condition
Plate 242 x 156 mm.
Sheet 357 x 253 mm.
Provenance
Ducs d'Arenberg, Brussels and Nordkirchen, Westphalia (Lugt 2769, 2794 and 567); probably their sale, Christie's, London, 14 July 1902 (and following days), as part of lot 575 (£ 68; to Mathey).
Probably Paul Mathey (1844-1929), Paris (Lugt 2100b; without mark).
Dr Otto Schäfer (1912-2000), Schweinfurt, Germany (Lugt 5881); his sale, Kornfeld, Bern, 24 June 1992, lot 203 (including an impression of the 7th state) (CHF 28,000).
A Family Collection, USA; acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Mauquoy-Hendrickx 14; Hollstein 14; New Hollstein 12
Artist: | Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641) |
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Applied technique: | Etching |
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 |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, The Netherlands |
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