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Studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck 1599-1641
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Description
- Studio of Sir Anthony van Dyck
- Portrait of Sir Basil Dixwell, 1st Bt. (1585-1642)
- Oil on canvas, in a carved gilt wood frame
full length, standing, wearing black robes and a white lace collar
Provenance
By descent from the sitter to Sir Basil Dixwell, who left his estates to George Oxenden, his great nephew;
Thence by descent in the Oxenden family, Broome Park, to Muriel Oxenden, Lady Capel Cure, her sale, Christie's, 20th November 1931, lot 95, bt. Hartveld for £37.16
Literature
Susan J. Barnes, Nora De Poorter, Oliver Millar and Horst Vey, Van Dyck, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, 2004, p. 510
Catalogue Note
The sitter was the son of Charles Dixwell of Coton, Warwickshire, and his wife Abigail Herdson of Stourton, Lincolnshire. From his maternal uncle, John Herdson, he inherited substantial estates in Kent and he moved to the county, living first at Terlingham and moving in 1622 to Broome where he built a substantial house. He was M.P. for Hythe in 1626, and in 1627 he was made a baronet by Charles I.