Study of a Head

Related Artist: Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)


Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France

Object details

Title

Study of a Head

Technique and support

Oil on paper on panel

Dimensions

46.5 x 36.5 cm

Artist

Related artist

Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)

Most recent published attribution

Van Dyck [always]

Collection and provenance

Collection

Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France

Inv. no.

Lav. 1894–88

Provenance

The brothers Olympe, d. 1887, and Ernest, d. 1894, Lavalard de Roye;
bequeathed to the museum in 1890.

Literature

Literature

Amiens 1911, p. 123, no. 88;
Glück 1931, p. 518;
Foucart 1977b, pp. 18, 41, 51;
Paris 1977-8, no. 32;
Larsen 1988, II, no. 88;
Amiens 1999, p. 7;
Amiens 2001, p. 44;
Barnes et al. 2004, p. 21, no. I.2 (N. De Poorter).

Consult the bibliography

Panel reverse

Cradled or uncradled

Uncradled but with a block of wood partially covering the reverse

Guild marks

None visible

Panel maker's mark

None visible

Dendrochronology

Genus of wood

Oak

Number of planks

2

Plank no. 1

Tree rings: -
Dated: -
Felled:
Origin:

Plank no. 2

Tree rings: -
Dated: -
Felled:
Origin:

Date of investigation

20 October 2021

Dendro report no.

FR008/2021

Remarks

Remark

The ends of the panel were not accessible for a dendrochronological examination.

Author

Drs. Justin Davies

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