Jan Snellinck (1544/9-1638)

Related Artist: Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)


Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, United Kingdom

Object details

Title

Jan Snellinck (1544/9-1638)

Technique and support

Oil on panel

Dimensions

61.5 x 49.3 cm

Artist

Related artist

Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)

Most recent published attribution

Van Dyck [always]

Collection and provenance

Collection

Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, United Kingdom

Provenance

Acquired by the 5th Duke of Bedford, d. 1802 (Mss. accounts at Woburn Abbey);
by descent.

Literature

Literature

Woburn Abbey 1890, no. 82;
Cust 1900, p. 260, no. 113;
London 1950, no. 39;
London 1953-4, no. 151;
Nottingham 1960, no. 4;
Larsen 1988, II, no. 613;
Van Dyck 350 1994, p. 31, n. 24 (K. Van der Stighelen);
Barnes et al 2004, p. 352, no. III.130 (H. Vey);
Davies 2021a, p. 59, p. 63, n. 54;
Davies 2021e, p. 65, ill., p. 101.

Consult the bibliography

Panel reverse

Cradled or uncradled

Uncradled

Guild marks

Castle and partial hands - one branding iron

Panel maker's mark
Labels

Collection label

Inscriptions

1. ‘IOANNES SNELLINCX. / Ant. Van Dyke. pinxt. 1621’, in black
2. ‘1308’, twice, in white and black
3. ‘JENSEN’ in white chalk
4. ‘JAN SNELLINCK / BORN 1544 DIED 1638/ Anthony Van Dyck’ in black

Dendrochronology

Genus of wood

Oak

Number of planks

2

Plank no. 1

Tree rings: 181
Dated: AD 1412 – 1592
Felled: After AD 1602 (terminus post quem)
Origin: north-eastern France/south-eastern Belgium

Plank no. 2

Tree rings: 114
Dated: AD 1490 – 1603
Felled: After AD 1613 (terminus post quem)
Origin: north-eastern France/south-eastern Belgium

Planks of the same tree

-

Date of investigation

28 September 2018

Dendro report no.

UK010/2019

Remarks

Remark

inc. Later additions of 0.7 cm at top & 0.5 cm at right

Author

Drs. Justin Davies

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