Sold Without Reserve | ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK | PORTRAIT OF MARCHESA ELENA GRIMALDI CATTANEO, BUST LENGTH, A STUDY

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June 11, 02:30 PM GMT

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10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Sold Without Reserve

ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK

Antwerp 1599 - 1641 London

PORTRAIT OF MARCHESA ELENA GRIMALDI CATTANEO, BUST LENGTH, A STUDY

oil on paper, laid on canvas, unframed

sheet: 12⅝ by 8⅞ in.; 32 by 22.5 cm.

canvas: 15½ by 12⅛ in.; 39.4 by 30.8 cm.

Please note an updated overall image of this lot—which illustrates the larger canvas on to which the sheet of paper is laid—is now visible online.

Probably, anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 23 November 1901, lot 97 (as Spanish School, Head of a Lady, as suggested by a markings on the reverse).

This sketch relates to Sir Anthony van Dyck's full length Portrait of Marchesa Elena Grimaldi Cattaneo of 1623 in the National Gallery of Art, D.C. (inv. no. 1942.9.92).¹The present work also can be compared to a smaller bust-length head study on canvas of the same sitter by Van Dyck in the Smithsonian American Art Museum (inv. no. 1929.6.155)² that he likely completed prior to the full-length version in circa 1622-1623.

1. https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1231.html

2. https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/marchesa-elena-grimaldi-cattaneo-25557