Charity

Related Artist: Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)


Private Collection, New York, United States of America

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Object details

Title

Charity

Technique and support

Oil on panel

Dimensions

41.4 x 31.2 cm

Artist

Related artist

Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)

Most recent published attribution

Previously unpublished

Collection and provenance

Collection

Private Collection, New York, United States of America

Provenance

possibly, Alexander Voet, his inventory, Antwerp, 17 November 1685;
Freiherr Joseph Sebastian von Castell, his sale, Mannheim, Germany, 1789;
private collection, Vienna;
sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 20 May 2006 (1046), as workshop of Van Dyck;
private collection, Germany;
sale, Auctionshaus Rütten, Munich, 11 September 2010 (164), as attributed to Van Dyck.

Archival sources

On the JVDPPP website

A  ‘Charity by Van Dyck’ sketch in grisaille is mentioned in a list of paintings that the Antwerp engraver Alexander Voet, widower of Sara Van Den Steen, had bought since the day of her death, 15th of October 1678. To consult the document, click here.

Literature

Literature

possibly, Barnes et al. 2004, p. 298, as known only through the reference in Alexander Voet’s inventory (H. Vey).

Consult the bibliography

Panel reverse

Cradled or uncradled

Previously cradled

Dendrochronology

Genus of wood

Oak

Number of planks

3

Plank no. 1

Tree rings: 27
Dated: undated
Felled:
Origin:

Plank no. 2

Tree rings: 60
Dated: undated
Felled:
Origin:

Plank no. 3

Tree rings: 80
Dated: undated
Felled:
Origin:

Date of investigation

17 April 2018

Dendro report no.

US003/2018

Author

Drs. Justin Davies

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