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.