Portrait of Willem de Vos

Artist Anthony Van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 - 1641)

Dateca. 1630

MediumEtching

DimensionsPlatemark: 9 5/8 × 6 3/16 in. (24.5 × 15.7 cm) Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (26.7 × 18.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Karen and Robert Hoehn

CultureFlemish

MarkingsWatermark: crowned double-headed eagle with letters FB (Mauquoy-Hendrickx 243, dated ca. 1640) Collector's marks: G.A. Cardew (Lugt 1134) stamp in black ink on center verso

Inscribedfaint inscription, pen and ink: imagnus de vos pictor [bruxilienndo?] (see object file for scan of this)

PortfolioIconography

Catalogue raisonnéMauquoy-Hendrickx 15, 2nd state (of 7); Depauw/Luijten 19; New Hollstein 14, 2nd state (of 7)

Object numberPC2015.14.01

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionPortrait of bearded man (painter Willem de Vos), wearing high collar, buttoned doublet, and with cloak wrapped around torso and held in front of stomach by figure's left hand. Face in 3/4 view, figure is turned to left and facing viewer, 1/2 length. Detail and shading worked on right side of figure, loose and minimal line work on left of figure; background shading also remains unfinished on center right behind figure's shoulder.

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