After Anthony van Dyck

The canvas has been relined. The paint surface is secure and under a discoloured varnish. Scattered discoloured retouchings are visible to the naked eye and a restored horizontal tear of 10 cms centre right. A new varnish would improve the tonality of the picture. Offered in a later wood and plaster frame in fair condition.
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A later copy after the original by Van Dyck in  the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (see S. Barnes et al., Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, New Haven 2004, pp. 83-5, cat. no. I.83, reproduced in colour p. 84).