drawing
- Museum number
- 1997,U.65
- Description
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Portrait of Anthony van Dyck; head and shoulders to right, looking round to front, with shoulder-length hair, moustache and slight beard; after a self-portrait
Brush drawing in grey wash, over black chalk, on oatmeal paper
No Watermark.
- Production date
- 1640-1700
- Dimensions
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Height: 173 millimetres
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Width: 140 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- After the 1640-1641 self-portrait by Anthony van Dyck in an oval; sold by Sotheby's London, 9.xii.2009, lot 8 (bt Philip Mould for £8.3m); see S. Barnes, N. de Poorter, O. Millar and H. Vey, 'Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings', New Haven, 2004, cat.no.IV.5. It is the last self-portrait made by the artist and has always been kept in private English collections (possibly Sir Peter Lely and more recently at Osterley Park).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1967 (?)
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Label on verso describing drawing, and "De Pass Collection. 307'1928".
Drawing incorrectly stamped as 1967,0306.5.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1997,U.65
