The Edge of a Wood, 1630s

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Overall (approximate): 19.9 x 26 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
support: 30 x 37 cm (11 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Syma Busiel Fund

Accession Number

1970.14.1

Artists / Makers

Sir Anthony van Dyck (artist) Flemish, 1599 - 1641

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in brown ink: A. van Dyck; in later hand, across bottom in brown ink on mount: A. Vandick; upper right on mount: 919; upper center verso: P.49. / 21. / [L?]g.101 / L.9. / 6.

Marks and Labels

(L.2432), Reynolds (L.2364)

Provenance

P. H. Lankrink (Lugt 2090); Jonathan Richardson (Lugt 2183); Thomas Hudson (Lugt 2432); Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364); The Earls Cowper; Lady Lucas; Mrs. Spencer Loch; (sale, Christie's 1 July 1969, no. 68); (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd.); purchased by National Gallery, 1970.

Associated Names

Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
Cowper, Earls, The
Hudson, Thomas
Lankrink, Prosper Henry
Loch, Spencer, Mrs.
Lucas, Lady
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir
Richardson, Sr., Jonathan

Exhibition History

1978: Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 61.

1987: English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

1999: The Light of Nature: Landscape Drawings and Watercolours by Van Dyck and His Contemporaries, Rubenshuis, Antwerp and The British Museum, London, 1999, no. 8.

Bibliography

1969: Christie's, London: 7/1/69, 68.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 672, no. 1072, color repro.

1999: Cornet, Pascal, et al. Van Dyck: Guide illustré pour les expositions. Antwerp, 1999: no. 8.