SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, IN A PAINTED OVAL

THE COMPOSITION IS BASED ON THE SELF-PORTRAIT, DATING FROM CIRCA 1633, NOW IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SWITZERLAND (E. LARSSEN, THE PAINTINGS OF ANTHONY VAN DYCK, II, 1988, P.397, NO1017, ILL.). THERE THE ARTIST PORTRAYS HIMSELF WEARING THE GOLD CHAIN GIVEN TO HIM BY KING CHARLES I ON 20 APRIL 1633.