STUDIO OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH 1599 - 1641) THE ASCENSION
Description: STUDIO OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH 1599 - 1641) THE ASCENSION Oil on panel, en grisaille (Dimensions: 63cm x 48cm (24.75in x 19in))
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Provenance: Dorotheum, Vienna, 15th April 2008 where purchased by the current owner; Private Austrian Collection. Biography: Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599- 1641) was the preeminent portrait painter of the seventeenth century. Born in Antwep, he started painting at an early age and became a master in the Antwerp guild at the age of nineteen. At this time he was also working in the studio of the leading painter Peter Paul Rubens, who had a profound impact on his work. Van Dyck travelled widely in Europe, painting for numerous aristocratic patrons. From 1630 he was the court painter for the archduchess Isabella of Flanders, and from 1632 he was the principal court painter for Charles I of England. Van Dyck is known to have sketched en grisaille in his early years in Antwerp, and also during his time in England. An example of this is his Assumption of the Virgin, which is held at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna. This piece shows strong influences from Rubens, and is closely related to the current lot, notably in the kneeling figure of the bearded apostle at the lower left of this piece. This piece depicts the well-known account of the physical departure of Christ from the physical world into Heaven. Dimensions: 63cm x 48cm (24.75in x 19in)
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Description: STUDIO OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH 1599 - 1641) THE ASCENSION Oil on panel, en grisaille (Dimensions: 63cm x 48cm (24.75in x 19in))
Provenance:
Provenance: Dorotheum, Vienna, 15th April 2008 where purchased by the current owner; Private Austrian Collection. Biography: Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599- 1641) was the preeminent portrait painter of the seventeenth century. Born in Antwep, he started painting at an early age and became a master in the Antwerp guild at the age of nineteen. At this time he was also working in the studio of the leading painter Peter Paul Rubens, who had a profound impact on his work. Van Dyck travelled widely in Europe, painting for numerous aristocratic patrons. From 1630 he was the court painter for the archduchess Isabella of Flanders, and from 1632 he was the principal court painter for Charles I of England. Van Dyck is known to have sketched en grisaille in his early years in Antwerp, and also during his time in England. An example of this is his Assumption of the Virgin, which is held at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna. This piece shows strong influences from Rubens, and is closely related to the current lot, notably in the kneeling figure of the bearded apostle at the lower left of this piece. This piece depicts the well-known account of the physical departure of Christ from the physical world into Heaven. Dimensions: 63cm x 48cm (24.75in x 19in)
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