Jan de Wael

c. 1630

Sir Anthony van Dyck

Associated Names
Sir Anthony van Dyck

Artist, Flemish, 1599 - 1641

The image shows an engraved portrait of a man from the waist up. He is sideways with his head slightly tilted. He has a prominent nose, broad forehead, full beard, and mustache. His hair is covered by a cap, and he wears a garment with a large ruff around his neck. The background has vertical shading lines for depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25 x 17.8 cm (9 13/16 x 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.18

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 15, State iii/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank Baker Bristow, VA. Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003.

Bibliography

1991

  • Mauquoy-Hendrickx, Marie. L'iconographie d'Antoine van Dyck: Cataloque raisonné. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Brussels, 1991.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Anthony van Dyck, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 15, state iii/vi.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: IOANNES DE WAEL / ANTVERPIAE PICTOR HVMANARVM FIGVRARVM; lower left in plate: Ant van Dyck fecit aqua fortis

Wikidata ID

Q76357417

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