Head of a bearded man, in profile, facing left

Details

Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck
Head of a bearded man, in profile, facing left
black, red and white chalk on buff paper
6 1/8 x 6¾ in. (15.6 x 17.2 cm.)

Literature

H. Vey, Die Zeichnungen Anton van Dycks, Brussels, 1961, under no. 17.

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Lot Essay

Copy of the head of the kneeling beggar in van Dyck's painting, Saint Martin dividing his cloak with a beggar, the two autograph versions of which are at Zaventhem near Brussels and in the Royal Collection. A black chalk preparatory study for the figure of the beggar is at Chatsworth (Vey, op. cit., no. 17), and another copy of his head, with a separate study of the ear is also at Chatsworth (Jaffe 968).

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