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CIRCLE OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599-1641 LONDON)
Portrait of Antonius Triest (1576-1657), Bishop of Ghent, bust-length
oil on canvas
2314 x 19 in. (59 x 48.4 cm.)
Provenance
Charles Beale (1631-1705) and Mary Beale (1633-1699), London.
Henry John Murcott (1835-1910), London; Christie's, London, 29 July 1899, lot 78, as 'Van Dyck' (£60 to S.J. Smith).
Frank Gair Macomber (1877-1924), Boston; his sale (†), American Art Association, New York, 12 December 1936, lot 640 ($950).
Dr. Vernon David and Mrs. Marguerite David (née Record), Chicago, and by descent; Skinner, Boston, 9 October 2015, lot 688, as 'After Sir Anthony van Dyck', where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
'VERTUE'S NOTE BOOK A.x. [British Museum, Add. MS. 23,072]', The Volume of the Walpole Society, XXIV, 1935-1936, pp. 168-169, as 'my Bishop's picture of Van Dykes'.
E. Croft-Murray and P. Hulton, Catalogue of British Drawings: Volume One: XVI and XVII Centuries, London, 1960, p. 177, under no. 112.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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Lot Essay

Horst Vey notes that the original is missing (S.J. Barnes, N. de Poorter, O. Millar and H. Vey, Van Dyck - A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, p. 413, under no. III.A26). Antonius Triest was the patron who commissioned Rubens' Conversion of St Bavo for the high altar of St Bavo in Ghent and was a friend and patron of Van Dyck.

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