Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, as St. Catherine of Alexandria
Relined canvas 75 x 63 cm.
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Beauchamp Edward Tyrwhitt (1867-1929), Oxford.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, July 14, 1978, lot no 9, as ”Sir A van Dyck”. (£1.200)
With Joseph Guttman Galleries, Los Angeles as attributed to van Dyck.
Christie’s, London, June/July 2021, cat no 146.
Literature
Oliver Millar, in S.J. Barnes et. al. ”van Dyck, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings”, 2004, p 636, under no IV A21.
More information
The attribution made by Sir Oliver Millar.
Attribueringen utförd av sir Oliver Millar.
Van Dyck probably painted a now lost half -lenght portrait of Henrietta Maria as Saint Catherine after his arrival in England 1632. A number of versions of this portrait exists, at Queen’s College, Oxford, National Museum of Art, Stockholm, Audley End, Essex, among others.
Some details are different such as the positioning of Henriettas right hand. In this version the hand appears to have initially clasping the wheel. (See additional picture).
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