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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1846,0709.18
Description
Portrait of Philippe Le Roy, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, with moustache and pointed beard, wearing a cloak and lace collar Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper No Watermark.
Producer name
After:
Anthony van Dyck
School/style
Flemish
British
Production date
17thC
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
137 millimetres
Width:
148 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is a copy of a detail (bust only) of the 1630 painting by Anthony van Dyck in the Wallace Collection, London, inv.no.P94. The bust is also only shown in the first state of the etching made by Van Dyck; for comment on the prints made by and after Van Dyck of this sitter see also R,1a.272.
Bibliographic references
Hind 1915-31 / Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(undescribed)
Barnes et al 2004 / Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings
(III.98)
(cf.; copy)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Philippe Le Roy
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Thomas Thane
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(16-20.vi.1846/152)
Purchased through:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Thane
Acquisition date
1846
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1846,0709.18