School of Antwerp, 17th Century
A bearded man reading,
oil on panel, 44 x 34.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Me. Rheims, Paris, 1961, lot 65 (as Attributed to Peter Paul Rubens);
Private collection, France
The present study of a bearded man reading is a characteristic rendering by an accomplished Antwerp hand of a model, or tronie, associated with the workshop practice of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), and, more specifically, his most gifted pupil Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). The physiognomy of the present figure is redolent of A Bearded Man Reading, attributed to a young van Dyck by Michael Jaffe and dated to circa 1616, which was sold at Dorotheum, Vienna, 14 October 1997, lot 103. Within the lifetime of van Dyck, and soon after his death, many versions of the artist’s head studies were produced, with the authenticity of them notably being challenged in a trial from 1660 to 1662 in which both van Dyck’s contemporary Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678), and van Dyck’s pupil Justus van Egmont (1601–1674) were called to testify. The authorship of the present picture remains an intriguing, and open, art-historical question.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
09.06.2021 - 16:14
- Estimate:
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EUR 12,000.- to EUR 18,000.-
School of Antwerp, 17th Century
A bearded man reading,
oil on panel, 44 x 34.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Me. Rheims, Paris, 1961, lot 65 (as Attributed to Peter Paul Rubens);
Private collection, France
The present study of a bearded man reading is a characteristic rendering by an accomplished Antwerp hand of a model, or tronie, associated with the workshop practice of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), and, more specifically, his most gifted pupil Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). The physiognomy of the present figure is redolent of A Bearded Man Reading, attributed to a young van Dyck by Michael Jaffe and dated to circa 1616, which was sold at Dorotheum, Vienna, 14 October 1997, lot 103. Within the lifetime of van Dyck, and soon after his death, many versions of the artist’s head studies were produced, with the authenticity of them notably being challenged in a trial from 1660 to 1662 in which both van Dyck’s contemporary Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678), and van Dyck’s pupil Justus van Egmont (1601–1674) were called to testify. The authorship of the present picture remains an intriguing, and open, art-historical question.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings II |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 09.06.2021 - 16:14 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 29.05. - 08.06.2021 |