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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.122
People
Circle of Anthony van Dyck, Flemish (Antwerp, Belgium 1599 - 1641 London)
Previously attributed to Anthony van Dyck, Flemish (Antwerp, Belgium 1599 - 1641 London)
Title
A Man in Armor
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1650
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297780

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray and brown wash, white, gray and yellow opaque watercolor, and black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted overall
Dimensions
42.6 x 26.1 cm (16 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 2090 (Prosper Henry Lankrink)
  • label: on brown paper, in curatorial file, black typeface and brown ink: Thomas Gainsborough memorial Exhibition, / IPSWICH CORPORATION MUSEUM. / OCTOBER 7th -- NOVEMBER 5th, 1927. / No. in Catalogue 96 / Artist Sir Anthony Van Dyck / Title Study of a man in armour / 10 1/4" x 16 3/4" / Owner Mr. Henry Oppenheimer
  • exhibition label: on brown paper, in curatorial file, typeface and brown ink: EXHIBITION OF FLEMISH AND BELGIAN ART / ROYAL ACADEMY, LONDON, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1927. / PAINTER Van Dyck / TITLE Man inArmour / OWNER Harry Oppenheimer Esq / ADDRESS / PLEASE ATTACH TO FRAME.
  • label: on brown paper, in curatorial file, typeface: 111
  • watermark: mount: unidentified, 18th century

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Prosper Henry Lankrink (1628-1692), London (L. 2090, lower right). Henry Oppenheimer (1859-1932), London, sold; [Christie's, London, 10, 13-14 July 1936, lot 239] to; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, 1936] to; Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962), Washington, D.C., gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss
Accession Year
1936
Object Number
1936.122
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue of the Famous Collection of Old Master Drawings Formed by the Late Henry Oppenheimer, Esq., F.S.A., auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, July 10, 1936 - July 14, 1936), lot 239, pl. 61
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 467, pp. 244-245; vol. 2, repr. fig. 239
  • A Special Exhibition of Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, exh. cat., Speed Memorial Museum (Louisville, KY, 1947), cat. no. 18
  • An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 29, p. 7 (as Anton van Dyck)
  • Highlights from the Collections of the Fogg Museum and Harvard Alumni of St. Louis, exh. cat., City Art Museum of St. Louis (St. Louis, 1964), cat. no. 22, n.p.
  • William W. Robinson and Susan Anderson, Drawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2016), p. 17, repr. p. 16, fig. 5
  • Stijn Alsteens, Adam Eaker, and Yale University Press (U.S.), Van Dyck: The Anatomy of Portraiture, exh. cat., The Frick Collection (New Haven, 2016), p. 263-264, cat. no. 100, repr. p. 264

Exhibition History

  • A Special Exhibition of Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Speed Memorial Museum, Louisville, KY, 03/02/1947 - 03/30/1947
  • An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/01/1954 - 04/30/1954
  • Highlights from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum and Harvard Alumni of St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, 01/30/1964 - 03/01/1964
  • Van Dyck: The Anatomy of Portraiture, The Frick Collection, New York, 03/02/2016 - 06/05/2016

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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