Title
Portrait of a Lady with a Parrot
Technique and support
Oil on panel
Dimensions
121.8 x 87.8 cm
Related artist
Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)
Most recent published attribution
Van Dyck [Davies 2021e]
Collection and provenance
Collection
The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp, Belgium
Provenance
Princess Lydia of Arenberg (1905–1977);
thence by inheritance in a European private collection;
sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 23 October 2018 (35), as Van Dyck;
bought by The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.
Literature
Rockoxhuis Antwerp 2020, pp. 271-22, as Van Dyck (J. Davies);
Davies 2021a, pp. 50-51, 53, 62, n. 24;
Davies 2021e, p.63, 65, 68-9, n. 19;
Consult the bibliography
Cradled or uncradled
Uncradled
Guild marks
Castle and Hands - one branding iron
Inscriptions
- ‘NE’ in black paint
- ’26’ in white chalk
- ‘9’ in white chalk
- ‘175’ in blue chalk
Plank no. 1
Tree rings: 202
Dated: AD 1408 – 1609
Felled: After AD 1615 (terminus post quem)
Origin: Poland/ Baltic states
Plank no. 2
Tree rings: 163
Dated: AD 1436 – 1598
Felled: After AD 1604 (terminus post quem)
Origin: Poland/ Baltic states
Plank no. 3
Tree rings: 170
Dated: AD 1441 – 1610
Felled: After AD 1616 (terminus post quem)
Origin: Poland/ Baltic states
Plank no. 4
Tree rings: 116
Dated: AD 1478 – 1593
Felled: After AD 1599 (terminus post quem)
Origin: Poland/ Baltic states
Planks of the same tree
1. and 4. this painting
2. and 3. this painting
Date of investigation
16 October 2018
Dendro report no.
AU007/2018
Author
Drs. Justin Davies
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