Master to Master: The Nelson Shanks Collection
Master to Master: The Nelson Shanks Collection
Sir Anthony van Dyck
Head study of Saint Anthony of Padua
Auction Closed
January 27, 08:24 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sir Anthony van Dyck
Antwerp 1599 - 1641 London
Head study of Saint Anthony of Padua
oil on panel
panel: 17 1/8 by 13 in.; 43.5 by 33 cm.
framed: 24 1/2 by 20 5/8 in.; 62.2 by 52.4 cm.
Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (1723-1792);
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769-1830);
John Knowles, Esq.;
His posthumous sale, London, Christie's, 22 April 1842, lot 106 (for 8 gns.);
There acquired by Nicholas W. Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (1778-1854), Norfolk;
Thence by descent to his daughter, Henrietta Susannah, and by marriage to
Sir William Brampton Gurdon, M.P. (1840-1911), Assington Hall, Suffolk;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 19 March 1965, lot 24;
There acquired by Thomas Agnew and Sons, London (inv. no. 26740);
From whom acquired by C.G. Hoare, M.C., before 1968;
Thence by descent;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), New York, Christie's, 4 December 2012, lot 12;
There acquired.
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769-1830);
John Knowles, Esq.;
His posthumous sale, London, Christie's, 22 April 1842, lot 106 (for 8 gns.);
There acquired by Nicholas W. Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (1778-1854), Norfolk;
Thence by descent to his daughter, Henrietta Susannah, and by marriage to
Sir William Brampton Gurdon, M.P. (1840-1911), Assington Hall, Suffolk;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 19 March 1965, lot 24;
There acquired by Thomas Agnew and Sons, London (inv. no. 26740);
From whom acquired by C.G. Hoare, M.C., before 1968;
Thence by descent;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), New York, Christie's, 4 December 2012, lot 12;
There acquired.
E. Larsen, The Paintings of Anthony van Dyck, Freren 1988, II, cat. no. 657, reproduced;
S.J. Barnes et al., Van Dyck: A complete catalogue of the paintings, New Haven and London 2004, p. 275, under cat. no. III.38 (as not by Anthony van Dyck).
S.J. Barnes et al., Van Dyck: A complete catalogue of the paintings, New Haven and London 2004, p. 275, under cat. no. III.38 (as not by Anthony van Dyck).
London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd, Old Masters: Recent Acquisitions, 12 March - 10 April 1968, no. 25;
London, Agnew's, Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 7 November-7 December 1968, no. 29;
King's Lynn, Fermoy Art Gallery, The Collection made by C.G. Hoare, M.C., and Family, 25 July-8 August 1970, no. 9;
Yokohama, Sogo Museum of Art; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; Osaka, Museum of Art Kintetsu, Anthony van Dyck, 1990, no. 15.
London, Agnew's, Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 7 November-7 December 1968, no. 29;
King's Lynn, Fermoy Art Gallery, The Collection made by C.G. Hoare, M.C., and Family, 25 July-8 August 1970, no. 9;
Yokohama, Sogo Museum of Art; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; Osaka, Museum of Art Kintetsu, Anthony van Dyck, 1990, no. 15.