James the Great

Related Artist: Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)

Galerija Božidar Jakac, Konstanjevica na Krki, Slovenia

James the Great

Object details

Title

James the Great

Technique and support

Oil on panel

Dimensions

63.7 x 48.2 cm

Artist

Related artist

Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)

Most recent published attribution

After Van Dyck [De Poorter 2004]

Collection and provenance

Collection

Galerija Božidar Jakac, Konstanjevica na Krki, Slovenia

Provenance

Brought from France by Carthusian monks following their expulsion in the early 20th century;
Pleterje Monastery, Slovenia;
Removed to the Galerija Božidar Jakac in the 1970’s.

Literature

Literature

Urbach 1983, p. 21, as after Van Dyck;
Barnes et al. 2004, p. 68 (N. De Poorter), as after Van Dyck;
Edvardsson 2022, pp. 90-103;
Merle du Bourg 2022, pp. 104-109.

Consult the bibliography

Panel reverse

Cradled or uncradled

Partially

Guild marks

Yes - separate branding irons

Panel maker's mark

None visible

Dendrochronology

Genus of wood

Oak

Number of planks

2

Plank no. 1

Tree rings: 86 (+10 counted rings)
Dated: AD 1509 – 1594 (+10)
Felled: After AD 1610 (terminus post quem)
Origin: Poland/Baltic states

Plank no. 2

Tree rings: 74 (+45 counted rings)
Dated: AD 1480 – 1553 (+45)
Felled: After AD 1605 (terminus post quem)
Origin: Poland/Baltic states

Planks of the same tree

-

Date of investigation

17 October 2016

Dendro report no.

SL003/2021

Author

Drs. Justin Davies

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