Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper
Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper
ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK | HEAD OF A GIRL
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July 29, 12:30 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
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ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK
Antwerp 1599 - 1641 London
HEAD OF A GIRL
oil on canvas
unframed: 27.2 x 25.2 cm.; 10¾ x 9⅞ in.
framed: 42.5 x 41.5 cm.; 16¾ x 16⅜ in
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Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's Olympia, 31 October 2006, lot 73 (as Follower of Van Dyck).
This characterful and intriguing portrait of a young girl may originally have formed part of a larger composition, or may always have been intended as a study. Indeed, the painting shares the fluency of execution found in Van Dyck's double heady study of 1637 of Princesses Elizabeth and Anne, daughters of Charles I (The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh),1 related to the finished group portrait of the King's children (Royal Collection, London).2 Here, the sympathetic understanding of the girl's physiognomy and the subject's engaging, confident expression, reflect Van Dyck's consummate proficiency in portraying children.
1 Inv. no. PG 3010; https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/8641/princess-elizabeth-1635-1650-and-princess-anne-1637-1640-daughters-charles-i
2 Inv. no. RCIN 404405; https://www.rct.uk/collection/404405/the-five-eldest-children-of-charles-i