Circle of Thomas Gainsborough (Sudbury 1727-1788 London), after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of Jan van de Wouwer (1574-1636), bust-length, in a fur-lined jacket

Details

Circle of Thomas Gainsborough (Sudbury 1727-1788 London), after Sir Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Jan van de Wouwer (1574-1636), bust-length, in a fur-lined jacket
oil on canvas
22¾ x 18 in. (57.7 x 45.7 cm.)

Provenance

with John Nicholson Gallery, until 1961.
with Vose Galleries, Boston, 1961, as Gainsborough, sold to
H. James Stone, Brockton, MA.
with Vose Galleries, Boston, 1977, as Gainsborough.

Lot Essay

This portrait appears to be a copy after the print made of van Dyck's portrait of Jan van de Wouwer, as part of his Iconographie series. The original painting, which shows the sitter in three-quarter length, is in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow.

According to a letter and photograph from Vose Galleries, the present painting was included in the estate sale of Thomas Gainsborough in 1789, and recorded but not illustrated in E.K. Waterhouse, Gainsborough, London, 1966, p. 124, no. 1019, as Thomas Gainsborough, 'A Portrait'. However, no further documentation has been found to support this information.

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