Le Cabinet des plus beaux Portraits ... faits par le fameux Antoine van Dyck
published c. 1720s
Artist, Flemish, 1599 - 1641
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: 125 etchings and engravings constituting van Dyck's "Iconography"; title p. for the c. 1720s ed. with etched and engraved illus.; 4-page text entitled "Abrege de la vie de Antoine van Dyck" with etched and engraved tail-piece; and "Catalogue des noms des portraits contenues dans le livre."
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 37.4 x 24.5 cm (14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1990.125.1
Associated Artworks
See all 125 artworksJan Snellinx
Sir Anthony van Dyck
1626
Jan Bruegel the Elder
Sir Anthony van Dyck
1626
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
Robert van Voerst
1626
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frances Molesworth (inscribed 1777, and again as a gift to [illegible] 1780); Juliana Woodforde (inscribed "Oct. 14, 1832"). Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; gift to NGA, 1990.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2001
The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, as Self-Portrait from illustrated volume Le Cabinet des plus beaux Portraits ... faits par le fameux Antoine van Dyck, repro.
2004
The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York, 2004.
Bibliography
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: 80-81 (1990.125.1.110 reproduced).
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Anthony Van Dyck, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-; see records for individual prints for New Hollstein numbers.
Inscriptions
on title page upper right in black ink: F. Molesworth / 1777; above crossed out in brown ink and inscribed below: Given by Frances Molesworth / (illegible inscription crossed out) / 1780; on verso of frontispiece in brown ink: Juliana Woodforde / Oct. 14, 1832