Anthony van Dyck

Lucas Vorsterman (Holl. 12; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 14)

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Anthony van Dyck
Lucas Vorsterman (Holl. 12; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 14)
etching, a fine impression of the first state (of seven), watermark Interlaced C's with the Cross of Lorraine, with narrow margins, with an unobtrusive horizontal fold through the centre of the sheet, two further minor creases only visible on the reverse, Esdaile's initials in brown ink at the the lower right corner, otherwise in very good condition, in a 17th Century oracular carved gilt frame.
P. 242 x 155 mm., S. 247 x 161 mm.

Provenance

J. Rowlandson (not in Lugt)
bt. Wm. Esdaile, 1828 (L. 2617) - sold his sale, Christie's, 11th June 1840, lot 382, 3.9.0, (as Anthony van Dyck, Lucas Vorsterman - proof and impression, presumably the present impression and a one from a later edition)
T.E. Crawhall (L. 467) - sold his sale, Christie's, 14th March, 1892, lot X, price, (as Y)
John Malcolm (L. 1780) acquired as part of the Malcolm collection
British Museum duplicate (L. 305)

Lot Essay

It is interesting to note that the sale of Esdaile's print collection in 1840 lists two prints by van Dyck, the present impression, and an impression of the Ecce Homo, described as First state, brilliant, which sold for 2.5.0.

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