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CIRCLE OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599-1641 LONDON)
Lot 49Property of a New York Private Collector

CIRCLE OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599-1641 LONDON)

Portrait of the engraver Karel van Mallery (1571-after 1635), bust-length

Closed20 October 2020

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CIRCLE OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599-1641 LONDON)
Portrait of the engraver Karel van Mallery (1571-after 1635), bust-length
oil on canvas
29 x 22 in. (73.7 x 55.9 cm.)

Charles Butler (1822-1910), Warren Wood, Hatfield, and by descent in the family to his grandson
C.H.A. Butler, Shortgrove, Newport, Essex; Christie's, London, 8 May 1964, lot 57, as 'Van Dyck' (55 gns. to Weiss).
Art Market, New York, circa 1965, where acquired by the father of the present owner.

Specialist note

The prime version of this painting, which includes a broken column in the upper right background, is today in the collection of the Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo. A number of further high-quality repetitions are known, among the best of which is an example from van Dyck's studio in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (see M. Neumeister, Van Dyck, exhibition catalogue, Munich, 2019, pp. 314-319, no. 22).

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