Live Auction 5233Christie's Interiors Including the Tessa Kennedy Collection
Circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599-1641 London)
Lot 431 Property from the Estate of the late Robert Dory (lots 417, 419, 425, 428, 431, 433, 439, 486, 488, 491, 493)

Circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599-1641 London)

Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), half-length, in a black coat

Closed18 March 2014

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GBP 875

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Circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599-1641 London)
Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), half-length, in a black coat
with identifying inscription 'Sr. Km Digbey' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 4 June 1981, lot 15 as 'Italian School, late 17th Century'.

Specialist note

The present lot relates to the work in a private collection, with variations. The original was painted when Digby was in mourning, and included a sunflower and an inscription upper left, which are omitted here (see S. Barnes, N. de Poorter, O. Millar, H. Vey, Van Dyck. A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, 2002, p. 505, no. IV.95).