The last self-portrait by Anthony van Dyck will go under the hammer

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The last self-portrait by Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter and graphic artist for a long time working in London, will be sold at Sotheby's in December 2009. This September 30 wrote The Times. It is expected that the fabric, which is almost 300 years (from 1712) are in private collections, will be central to plummet upcoming auction.

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Van Dyck worked on this self-portrait in London in 1641. He finished a painting for a few months before his death, which allegedly occurred as a result of psychological distress. According to representatives of the auction house Sotheby's, the sale of a self-portrait of the painter will be generated about three million pounds sterling.

Specialist Sotheby's to early English painting by David Moore-Gwyn (David Moore-Gwyn), said in an interview with the publication of that exhibited on the auctions a self-portrait by Van Dyck is one of the most amazing paintings, which he had seen the list of lots of the auction house. "This painting is one of three self-portraits that Van Dyke wrote when he lived and worked in London", - explained the expert.

On auction painting, on which the artist depicted in black and white silk doublet, adjusting the oval frame. As noted by Moore-Gwyn, peculiar posture of the painter - he seemed to be captured in the moment when someone called him.

Bidding will take place on December 9 at the Tate. It is noteworthy that self-portrait by Anthony van Dyck will be sold on the day after Christie's, which may be a self-portrait of Dutch painter Rembrandt. The film was written by the master in 1658. Its estimated cost is the record for sold paintings by Rembrandt 25 million pounds.

With regard to the paintings by Van Dyck, it was not so long ago, Sotheby's has sold works by Flemish artist: July 8, 2009 written by their male portrait was bought for two million pounds.

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Van Dyke - one of the founders of the ceremonial portrait of the aristocratic 17 th century. And self-portraits by Van Dyck very curious. It is interesting to observe how they change the face of the artist and his ambitious nature. And his favorite dark-blue satin suit) Artist Anthony van Dyck created his first youthful self-portrait in 15 years. At the auction sale of his last self-portrait. Lifetime ...

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X-ray helped scientists find the original paintings by Van Dyck

Scientists were able to identify which of the two paintings "Saint Jerome and the Angel", written in the Antwerp studio of Anthony Van Dyck between 1618 and 1621 years, is the original, which - with a copy of it. About it writes The Art Newspaper.
One of the images of Saint Jerome with the angel is in the National Museum of Sweden, the second - on long-term storage in the Rotterdam Museum Boymans - van Beuningen. Cloth from Stockholm was in a meeting of the royal family from 1746 or 1747, when it was commissioned by King Adolf Fredrik. Netherlands Van Dyke, in turn, has long been in private collections and has remained virtually unknown until 1972. Accordingly, the debate about which of the two "Jerome" was written earlier, lasted almost 40 years.

In February 2009, both paintings were first "brought together" in Stockholm, in order that they can be compared with each other directly. After that experts from both museums have taken samples of paint, and had X-rays and infrared thermography canvases. Picture from Rotterdam was in better condition; in Stockholm during the previous restorations were damaged face of the characters and the folds of garments Jerome.

However, the picture from the Netherlands were found details of which were present initially, but then painted by the artist (so-called pentimento). Thus, it became clear that the first coat of Hieronymus reached to the ground, and could see only a foot hermit. In addition, Van Dyke and changed the image of an angel. These considerations, coupled with a freer brushstrokes allowed to take a picture of the Boijmans - van Beuningen original.

Nevertheless, it remains unclear what was the contribution of Van Dyck in a copy of the Stockholm museum - whether the artist took part in its creation or the whole picture painted of his students, taking an early "Jerome" for example.


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