The Mocking of Christ

The prototype of circa 1628/30, oil on canvas, 112 x 93 cm, is in the Art Museum, Princeton University, New Yersey (E. Larsen, The Paintings of Anthony van Dyck, 1988, I, p.429, fig.466, II, p.281/2, no.699). Since the present lot is in reverse, it is probably based on the engraving by Lucas Vorsterman I (1595-1675) (Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish Etchings, etc., Roosendaal-Amsterdam, XLIII, 1943, no.28).