Double portrait of the Countess of Manchester and her daughter, Lady Rich, both three-quarter length, in a landscape

Details

Studio of Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599-1641 London)
Double portrait of the Countess of Manchester and her daughter, Lady Rich, both three-quarter length, in a landscape
oil on canvas
51½ x 58¾ in. (130.8 x 149.2 cm.)

Provenance

H.F. Broadwood, (+); Christie's, London, 25 March 1899, lot 42, as 'Sir A. Van Dijck' (£273 to S.T. Smith).
Arnold S. Kirkeby, gifted in 1953 as 'Sir Anthony van Dyck' to
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Los Angeles, 7 November 1977, lot 105, as 'School of Sir Anthony van Dyck', ($3,250) where purchased by the late mother of the present owner.

Literature

Los Angeles County Museum Bulletin of the Art Division, 6, no. 3- Supplement, Summer 1954, illustrated p. 11.
E. Larsen, The Paintings of Anthony van Dyck, 1988, II, p. 494, no. A241, as 'either the studio or a follower'.

Lot Essay

The composition of the present work is loosely based on van Dyck's so-called 'friendship portraits' of women. The double portrait appears to be a composite of two different images by van Dyck and seems likely to have been executed by someone closely associated with the artist or his studio. The portrait of Anne, Lady Rich is based on a portrait by van Dyck in an English private collection. She was the daughter of Edward, 2nd Earl of Manchester and his second wife, Anne, daughter of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick. She married Robert Rich, Earl of Holland.

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