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Lot 3045 - A184 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 23. March 2018, 03.00 PM

ANTHONIS VAN DYCK

(Antwerp 1599–1641 London)
Portrait of Anna Sophia Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (circa 1610-1695).
Oil on canvas.
102 cm diameter.

Expertise: Dr. Susan J. Barnes, 30.6.2015 (copy available).

Provenance:
- probably via inheritance from the sitter to her granddaughter Elizabeth, wife of Philip Stanhope, 2 Count of Chesterfield (1634-1714).
- Collection of Sanderstead Court, Surrey.
- Henry Doestch (1839-1894), London.
- Christie's, London, 24.6.1895, Lot 205.
- John Wanamaker (1838-1922), Lindenhurst, Philadelphia, 1904.
- Gutzeit collection, Ontario, 1931.
- Loan to Art Gallery of Ontario, 1969.
- Christie's, New York, 15.4.2008, Lot 60.
- Private collection, Madrid.
- Private collection, Liechtenstein.
- Swiss private collection.

Literature:
- Catalogue of the highly important collection of pictures by old masters of Henry Doetsch, Esq., 1895, No. 205, p. 59 ("Elizabeth, Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, by Sir Anthony van Dyck").
- Siter, E. C.: Catalogue of the collection of pictures belonging to John Wanamaker at Lindenhurst, 1904, pp. 6-7, No. 2, fig. 94 ("Portrait of Elizabeth, Duchess of Richmond, as by Nicolas de Largillière and illustrated as by Anthony van Dyck").
- Barnes, Susan J. / De Poorter, Nora u.a.: Van Dyck. A Complete catalogue of the Paintings, New Haven / London 2004, S. 457 (as version of Cat No. IV.41, known through an engraving by Lambert Lombart).
- Diaz Padron, Matias / Sanzsalazar, Jahel / Dieguez, Ana: Van Dyck en Espana, Barcelona 2012, vol. 2, Cat No. 104, pp. 665-666.


Dr. Susan J. Barnes will include the painting in the addendum to the catalogue raisonne of the artist.


CHF 80 000 / 140 000 | (€ 82 470 / 144 330)

Sold for CHF 68 900 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.