Anthony van Dyck
1599-1641
Study of Anna van Thielen and her Daughter Anna Maria Rombouts
ca. 1631-1632
12 1/2 x 10 5/16 inches (317 x 262 mm)
Black chalk with pen and brown ink, on laid paper.
I, 244
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: hunting horn within a shield; illegible countermark. Not in Briquet.
As a mature artist, van Dyck developed into the most highly sought portraitist in Flanders. This is a preparatory study for his painted portrait of Anna van Thielen, the wife of van Dyck's fellow artist Theodoor Rombouts, and their three- or four-year-old daughter, Anna Maria, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Van Dyck took care to capture Anna's features and dress, devoting particular attention to the folds of the fabric and the slashed sleeves. He was less precise in his portrayal of the daughter, which enabled him to adapt details as he saw fit during the painting process. -- Exhibition Label, from "Power and Grace: Drawings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens"
As a mature artist, van Dyck developed into the most highly sought portraitist in Flanders. This is a preparatory study for his painted portrait of Anna van Thielen, the wife of van Dyck's fellow artist Theodoor Rombouts, and their three- or four-year-old daughter, Anna Maria, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Van Dyck took care to capture Anna's features and dress, devoting particular attention to the folds of the fabric and the slashed sleeves. He was less precise in his portrayal of the daughter, which enabled him to adapt details as he saw fit during the painting process. -- Exhibition Label, from "Power and Grace: Drawings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens"
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Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink, "P.P. Rubens".
Associated names
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Vos Jacobszoon, Jacob de, 1803-1878, former owner.
Thibaudeau, former owner.
Heseltine, J. P. (John Postle), 1843-1929, former owner.
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Vos Jacobszoon, Jacob de, 1803-1878, former owner.
Thibaudeau, former owner.
Heseltine, J. P. (John Postle), 1843-1929, former owner.
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Tuinen, Ilona van. Power and Grace : Drawings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2018, no. 9 (repr.)
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 244, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, with the assistance of Ruth S. Kraemer and Jane Shoaf Turner. Netherlandish Drawings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries and Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1991, p. 122, no. 270, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 244, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, with the assistance of Ruth S. Kraemer and Jane Shoaf Turner. Netherlandish Drawings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries and Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1991, p. 122, no. 270, repr.
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