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After Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641) Self-portrait of the artist as a young man oil on canvas 52 x 39cm (20 x 15in)
Provenance: From a Suffolk country house Other Notes: A free copy after an original, long considered lost, which was etched for the frontispiece of the second edition of Van Dyck's "Iconography" - a portrait series depicting approximately one hundred famous nobles, scholars, and especially artists, published posthumously in 1645-1646. The original self-portrait was rediscovered in 2012 when it appeared at Lempertz, Cologne, and until 2017 was on loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA.
Lined. There is a line of damage along the top edge. Scattered scuff marks above the sitter's head. Unframed. Oil on canvas which has been lined. There is an old diagonal damage running through the sitter's forehead which has been retouched. There are other localised areas of retouching. The varnish is even and semi-matte, there are a few scuffs to the surface.

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