Lot 76
  • 76

Circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Anthony van Dyck
  • Portrait of a Man
  • oil on canvas
  • 50 by 40 1/2 in.; 127 by 102.9 cm.

Provenance

With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.

Condition

The canvas is not lined. The work is in overall very good condition. Faint craquelure throughout the work. Paint is fading in the face and hands of the subject. Small scattered stains in the canvas to the right of the subject. Under UV; use of heavy varnish and slight inpainting throughout the top third of the work.
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